Category: Security
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search | TechCrunch
The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that...
How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers | TechCrunch
For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their...
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing | TechCrunch
Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary...
US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers | TechCrunch
The U.S. government is warning that Iranian state-backed hackers are actively breaking in and disrupting industrial control systems...
How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face | TechCrunch
On Tuesday, OpenAI revealed that one of its models went rogue during a test and hacked the systems...
If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more | TechCrunch
Governments have long warned not to pay a hacker’s ransom demands, arguing that doing so only lets criminals...
Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk | TechCrunch
Hackers are breaking into websites that run vulnerable versions of the popular blogging software WordPress, according to several...
Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies | TechCrunch
U.K.-based healthcare billing software maker Craneware is responding to a cyberattack in which hackers stole a “significant volume”...
Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action | TechCrunch
Hugging Face, a platform that hosts AI models and datasets, said its internal datasets and service credentials were...
‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators | TechCrunch
An unprecedented number of Apple customers have reported receiving a recent threat notification alerting them to suspected spyware...
