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Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and ad-tracking software
The founder of a US-based spyware company whose surveillance products allowed customers to spy on the phones and computers of unsuspecting victims has pleaded guilty to…
A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live on stage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites still back online.…
California is giving residents a new tool that will make it easier for them to limit the ability of data brokers to store and sell their…
It was a normal day when Jay Gibson received an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple has detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,”…
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for “super premium” customers, is getting a new CEO from Sonos
When Kevin Hartz’s security system failed to alert him when an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to break into his San Francisco home late one…
Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists are hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments around the world. Cops and spies Ethiopia,…
It’s the end of the year. That means it’s time to celebrate the best cybersecurity stories we didn’t publish. From 2023, TechCrunch has looked back at…
Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras constantly scan the license plates of vehicles and their occupants, sometimes thousands a…
Although OpenAI is working to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that just-in-time injections, a type of attack that manipulates AI agents…
Hundreds of Cisco customers are vulnerable to new Chinese hacking campaign, researchers say
On Wednesday, Cisco revealed that a group of Chinese government-backed hackers is exploiting a vulnerability to target its business customers who use some of the company’s…