Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Author at TechCrunch

Bumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters, researchers say

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Badoo, Bumble, Grindr, happn, Hinge and Hily all had the same flaw that could have helped a malicious user identify the near-exact location of another user.

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:46:51 +0000

Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.

CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:41:13 +0000

Several people who received the CrowdStrike offer found that the gift card didn't work, while others got an error saying the voucher had been canceled.

Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Cybersecurity firm Dragos and Ukrainian authorities found a cyberattack targeting critical infrastructure in Lviv.

What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos

Zack Whittaker, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:25:00 +0000

Here's everything you need to know so far about the global outages caused by CrowdStrike's buggy software update.

Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:41:51 +0000

Venture capital giant a16z fixed a security vulnerability in one of the firm's websites after being warned by a security researcher.

Hackers could create traffic jams thanks to flaw in traffic light controller, researcher says

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:13:14 +0000

A security researcher found that some traffic lights controllers are exposed on the internet and could be manipulated.

How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000

This is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.

What the AT&T phone records data breach means for you

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:02:36 +0000

The giant U.S. telco lost the information of around 110 million customers. Here’s what you need to know.

Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:52:28 +0000

Cybersecurity experts are criticizing Microsoft for data breach notification emails that are confusing customers.

Apple removes VPN apps at request of Russian authorities, say app makers

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:53:47 +0000

VPN makers report having received a notification from Apple that their apps have been removed from the App Store in Russia.

HealthEquity says data breach is an ‘isolated incident’

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:21:16 +0000

HealthEquity said in an 8-K filing with the SEC that it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business partner.”

Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:33:35 +0000

Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative website for one hour.

Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:21:52 +0000

Twilio says "threat actors were able to identify" phone numbers of people who use the two-factor app Authy.

Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter

Mary Ann Azevedo, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:04:29 +0000

The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and confirmed the stolen data has been posted to the dark web. Now Evolve has sent a cease and desist letter to the writer of a […]

Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:40:17 +0000

Evolve, a popular financial institution for fintech startups, announced that a cyberattack affected “the data and personal information of some Evolve retail bank customers and financial technology partners’ customers.”

Fintech company Wise says some customers affected by Evolve Bank data breach

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:17:30 +0000

The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users — is still unclear.

HubSpot says it’s investigating customer account hacks

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:24:42 +0000

The company “identified a security incident that involved bad actors targeting a limited number of HubSpot customers and attempting to gain unauthorized access to their accounts” on June 22.

Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Mary Ann Azevedo — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:21:43 +0000

Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners.

Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:58:35 +0000

"It's just a lot of time lost for nothing," a U.S.-based Kaspersky reseller told TechCrunch, following the news of a US sales ban.