NSO Group’s Notorious Spyware Pegasus Was Used To Target 1,223 Whatsapp Users in 51 Different Countries during A 2019 Hacking Campaign, According to a new court document, The document was published on friday as part of the lawsuit that meta-arm Whatsapp Filed Against NSO Group In 2019, accusing the surveillance tech maker of exploiting a … Read more
Democratic Sen. Ron wyden has put a hold on the Trump Administration’s Nomination of Sean Plankey To head the federal government’s top cybersecurity agency, Citing a “Multi-Year Cover Up” of Security Flaws at US Telecommunication Companies. Wyden said in remarks, seen by techcrunch and confirmed by the Senator’s speakesperson, that he will block the nomination … Read more
The UK government has lost its bid to keep secret the details of a surveillance order it broughjt against Apple, According to a newly related decision by the Uk Surveilance Powers’ Court The decision, Posted on Monday By the Investigation Powers Tribunal in London, means that parts of the legal case will be help in … Read more
A leak site used by the Everest Ransomware Gang was hacked and defaced this weekend, techcrunch has learned. The leak site, which the ransomware Gang Uses to Publish Stolen Files to extort its Victims Into Paying a Ransom Demand, was replaced with a brief text Note: “Don’t do crime is crime is bad xoxo from … Read more
The Trump Administration has fired timothy haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, Several News Publications Reported Overnight Into friday. Haugh, a Career Military Official, LED the National Security Agency, The US ‘Main Waretapping and Intelligence Gathering Agency, For Litle more than a year after his appointmant in februry 2024, 2024, … Read more
Generative ai has vastly expanded the toolkit available to hackers and other bad actors. It’s now possible to do everything from Deepfaking a Ceo to Creating fake receipts, Openai, The Biggest Generative AI Startup of Them AllKnowS this better than anyone. And it’s just investment in another ai startup that helps companies Defend Against these … Read more
Ballistic ventures, the vc firm co-founded by ted Schlein (Known for His Years at Kleiner Perkins), is Raising $ 100 Million for a New Fund, Techcrunch Has Learned Through a Regulatory Filing. This week, the San Francisco-Based VC Firm Filed With the US Securities and Exchange Commission to Raise The New Fund, Just Over a … Read more
Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; Some of these apps are also making it Increasing Techcrunch has identified a stealthy phone monitoring app for Android that requires a password to uninstall, effectively blocking android device owners from being able to remove. The spyware app, which we’re not naming so as to … Read more
Senior Members of the Trump Administration’s National Security Council – Including its top National Security Adviser, Michael Waltz – Michael Waltz – Used Gmail to Conduct Government Business, The Washington ReportedCiting documents and three unnamed government officials. The report follows last week’s news that Several Cabinet-Level Officials, Including The Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsth, Discussed … Read more
Microsoft Security Copilot, An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cybersecurity tool, was used to discover several previous previous unknown vulnerabilities in open-second bootaders. The Redmond-Based Tech Giant Recently REVEALED A List of the Security Flaws Discovered in Three Commonly Used Bootloaders. One of the bootloaders are the default for many linux-bonded systems, while the other two are … Read more