Category: Privacy & Security
UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group | TechCrunch
U.K. police said on Thursday that the jailing of two hackers has “severely” hampered the activities of the...
Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says new research | TechCrunch
“Your data is private. Period,” says period tracker Stardust on its website. As new research by the Mozilla...
How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product | TechCrunch
Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind knowing visual AI was the frontier he wanted to stake his claim in....
Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | TechCrunch
On Tuesday, Microsoft patched a historic record number of security bugs across its product lines, in large part...
Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data | TechCrunch
The AI music generator Suno was hacked, according to a report from 404 Media.The hacker told the publication...
Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI | TechCrunch
Microsoft released a record number of security patches for Windows, Office, and other tech product lines this week,...
US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims | TechCrunch
U.S. prosecutors have charged three Russian nationals and two web hosts with hacking, conspiracy, and money laundering over...
Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says | TechCrunch
The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the...
Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension | TechCrunch
A domain used by the messaging app Telegram mysteriously dropped offline on Monday, with the app’s founder, Pavel...
LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy | TechCrunch
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is reportedly ending its deal with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that...
