Security News | TechCrunch

The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

Zack Whittaker, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Carly Page — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:30:00 +0000

This glossary includes some of the most common terms and expressions we use in our articles, and explanations of how — and why — we use them.

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

Zack Whittaker — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:05:02 +0000

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.

What the Chainsmokers bring to the cap table for cybersecurity startup Chainguard

Maggie Stamets — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:46:44 +0000

For this week’s episode of Found we’re taking you backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Becca Szkutak had the chance to talk with Dan Lorenc, the CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity startup Chainguard, following their conversation onstage with prominent investors, The Chainsmokers. The pair discuss how the EDM duo’s venture fund MANTIS went from being viewed skeptically by […]

Google Cloud to make multi-factor authentication mandatory in 2025

Paul Sawers — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:35:19 +0000

The move to enable the MFA security feature comes hot on the heels of major data breaches at cloud giants, like Snowflake.

Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:33:36 +0000

Alexander Moucka was arrested in October in Canada. Moucka is suspected of being linked to the series of Snowflake data breaches this year.

Columbus says ransomware gang stole personal data of 500,000 Ohio residents

Carly Page — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:51:37 +0000

Columbus says hackers accessed resident's Social Security numbers and bank account details

How to make open source software more secure

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Earlier this year, a Microsoft developer realized that someone had inserted a backdoor into the code of open source utility XZ Utils, which is used in virtually all Linux operating systems. The operation had started two years earlier when that someone, a person nicknamed JiaT75, started contributing to the XZ Utils repository on GitHub. A […]

The biggest underestimated security threat of today? Advanced persistent teenagers

Zack Whittaker — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:35:00 +0000

These attacks are highly effective, have caused huge data breaches and resulted in huge ransoms paid to make the hackers go away.

Noma is building tools to spot security issues with AI apps

Kyle Wiggers — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:30:47 +0000

Companies are concerned that their eagerness to adopt AI has made them more vulnerable to cyberthreats. Per a recent poll of over 350 IT leaders, more than half of the executives surveyed said the complexity of AI applications weakened their organization’s cybersecurity posture. More than two-fifths of executives believe their security teams lack the skills […]

2024 looks set to be another record-breaking year for ransomware — and it’s likely going to get worse

Carly Page — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

This year, 2024, looks set to be the most profitable yet for hackers, with four ransom demands paid in the tens of millions of dollars.

The cybsecurity problems and opportunities facing open-source startups

Yashad Kulkarni — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:05:00 +0000

Open-source software is everywhere, and in everything.Many startups are pursuing explicitly open-source business models. But every company out there that builds software has at least some dependency on open-source code. Recent security issues, however, have made it plain that open-source software is a target for state-level hackers.So, how can we keep building and using code […]

2024 Startup Battlefield Top 20 Finalists: ForceField

Yashad Kulkarni — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000

MARQ protects company, community & country data with tamper-proof badges. Patent-pending APIs defend against deepfake scams, fraud & breaches. Subscribe for more on YouTube: https://tcrn.ch/youtube Follow TechCrunch on Instagram: http://tcrn.ch/instagram TikTok: https://tcrn.ch/tiktok X: tcrn.ch/x Threads: https://tcrn.ch/threads Facebook: https://tcrn.ch/facebook Bluesky: https://tcrn.ch/bluesky Mastodon: https://tcrn.ch/mstdn Read more: https://techcrunch.com/

How a series of opsec failures led US authorities to the alleged developer of the Redline password-stealing malware

Carly Page — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:30:49 +0000

Prosecutors allege that Redline infected millions of computers around the world since 2020, including several hundred machines at the U.S. Dept. of Defense.

You’re going to get hacked — here’s how to avoid a cybersecurity disaster

Yashad Kulkarni — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:05:00 +0000

Cyberattacks are inevitable, but disasters are avoidable. Listen as experienced security defenders Heather Gantt-Evans, CISO of Marqeta, and Darren Gruber, MongoDB’s Technical Advisor in the Office of Security and Trust, discuss what you need to know to get ahead of cyberattackers before they strike. Subscribe for more on YouTube: https://tcrn.ch/youtube Follow TechCrunch on Instagram: http://tcrn.ch/instagram […]

MoneyGram replaces CEO weeks after massive customer data breach

Zack Whittaker — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:10:15 +0000

The CEO's removal comes soon after the company confirmed it had lost an unspecified amount of personal customer information in an earlier September cyberattack.

2024 Startup Battlefield Top 20 Finalists: DGLegacy

Yashad Kulkarni — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Ensures that in the case of an unforeseen event, your assets won’t be lost and your loved ones would be able to claim their rightful ownership with a digital legacy planning and inheritance app. Subscribe for more on YouTube: https://tcrn.ch/youtube Follow TechCrunch on Instagram: http://tcrn.ch/instagram TikTok: https://tcrn.ch/tiktok X: tcrn.ch/x Threads: https://tcrn.ch/threads Facebook: https://tcrn.ch/facebook Bluesky: https://tcrn.ch/bluesky […]

Wiz CEO explains why he turned down a $23 billion deal

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:18:54 +0000

Assaf Rappaport, the co-founder and CEO of cloud security startup Wiz, said that turning down a $23 billion offer from Google was “the toughest decision ever,” but justified it by saying the company can get even bigger and reach $100 billion because cloud security is the future. “I think we did the right choice,” Rappaport […]

Wiz CEO says company was targeted with deepfake attack that used his voice

Sarah Perez — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:10:46 +0000

Even cybersecurity companies aren’t safe from deepfake attacks. Speaking onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Wiz’s CEO and co-founder Assaf Rappaport, who recently turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Google, noted that his employees had been targeted by a deepfake attack just two weeks ago. “Dozens of my employees got a voice […]

Wiz CEO and Co-Founder Assaf Rappaport: From Zero-Day to Hero

Yashad Kulkarni — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:05:00 +0000

Fresh off a $1 billion funding round, Wiz has shot to fame as one of the fastest-growing, impactful cloud security startups ever. And one of the most sought after: earlier this year it rebuffed a $23 billion M&A offer from Google. Watch and learn to Wiz’s CEO Assaf Rappaport talk about his journey as a […]

Police operation claims takedown of prolific Redline and Meta password stealers

Carly Page — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:14:50 +0000

Authorities have gained 'full access' to the servers used by the two notorious infostealers