Security

The pharma giant won’t say how many patients were affected by its February data breach. A count by TechCrunch confirms that over a million people are affected.

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.

The software supply chain faces threats from all sides. A 2024 report by the Ponemon Institute found that over half of organizations have experienced a software supply chain attack, with…

For one thing, Wiz could have seen Google’s offer as validation that it’s better off staying independent.

HealthEquity said the March data breach included personal information and protected health data on millions of people.

U.S. airports are rolling out facial recognition to scan travelers’ faces before boarding their flights. Americans, at least, can opt out. 

Critics have long argued that wararantless device searches at the U.S. border are unconstitutional and violate the Fourth Amendment.

iCloud Private Relay has not been working for some Apple users across major markets, including the U.S., Europe, India and Japan.

With the CrowdStrike update continuing to cause havoc across the planet, a startup has raised $13.5 million to at least improve some level of security for the kinds of devices…

A hacker claims to be selling data relating to thousands of current and former employees of India’s Piramal Group.

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.

The startup is not disclosing its valuation, but sources close to the company say the figure is just under $400 million post-money.

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

Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to a source familiar with discussions. Despite the offer representing a substantial premium…

Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years. One of the main reasons it has become the gift…

As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch interviewed Lakshmi…

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources heard similar and…

Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent of Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike outage, according to a Microsoft blog post by David Weston,…

CISA confirmed the CrowdStrike outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but urged caution as malicious hackers exploit the situation.

The CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights globally. Major U.S. airlines including United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air…

CrowdStrike competes with a number of vendors, including SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks but also Microsoft, Trellix, Trend Micro and Sophos, in the endpoint security market.

There’s a man in Florida right now who wants to propose to his girlfriend while they’re on a beach vacation. He couldn’t get the engagement ring before he flew down…

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

This serves as an example for how easy it is to spread inaccurate information online during a time of immense global confusion and panic.

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