A security researcher has discovered a bug that could be exploited to reveal the private recovery phone number of almost any Google account without alerting its owner, potentially exposing users to privacy and security risks. …
Cellebrite, a company that makes forensic equipment for unlocking smartphones, said it is acquiring mobile testing startup Corellium for $170 million in cash, with $20 million converted to equity at closing. The Israel-headquartered Cellebrite said…
Lee Enterprises, the newspaper publishing giant that was hit by a ransomware attack in February, causing widespread disruption to dozens of U.S. media outlets, has confirmed the cyberattack resulted in the theft of employees’ personal…
Compliance company Vanta has confirmed that a bug exposed the private data of some of its customers to other Vanta customers. The company told TechCrunch that the data exposure was a result of a product…
The White House is investigating after one or more people reportedly accessed the contacts from the personal phone of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and used the information to contact other top officials…
This month, cybersecurity company Thinkst will mark its 10th anniversary since the launch of its now-flagship product, Canary. The company debuted Canary after seeing companies spend millions of dollars on cybersecurity products, yet were still…
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data broker that collects and uses consumers’ personal data to help its paying corporate customers detect possible risk and fraud, has disclosed a data breach affecting more than 364,000 people. The…
Microsoft and law enforcement have announced a court-authorized takedown of Lumma, a prolific info-stealer malware operation found on more than 394,000 Windows PCs globally, mostly in Brazil, Europe, and the United States. The tech giant…
A Massachusetts student has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges relating to hacking and extorting one of the largest U.S. education tech companies, prosecutors confirmed Tuesday. Matthew D. Lane, 19, is accused of using…
Coinbase said at least 69,461 customers had personal and financial information stolen during a months-long data breach that it disclosed last week. The crypto giant confirmed the number of affected customers in a filing with…