Healthcare giant Optum has restricted access to an internal AI chatbot used by employees after a security researcher found it was publicly accessible online, and anyone could access it using only a web browser. The…
Yahoo laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team — known as The Paranoids — over the last year, TechCrunch has learned. Overall, the company has laid off or lost through attrition 40 to 50…
Security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the infotainment units used in some Skoda cars that could allow malicious actors to remotely trigger certain controls and track the cars’ location in real time. PCAutomotive, a…
WhatsApp fixed a bug that allowed malicious users to save pictures and videos that were supposed to be viewed only once and then vanish. In September, TechCrunch reported that a bug in the implementation of…
Several factors might make you think Snyk, the developer security startup most recently valued at $7.4 billion, would be going public soon. It was drafting an IPO prospectus in January 2024 with potential plans to…
U.S. government agencies legally hack into cellphones or emails all the time: think of the FBI wiretapping a suspected drug lord or the NSA monitoring emails for terrorism plots. But now, there’s rising interest in…
Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the victims are high-profile. According to a KPMG survey, close to half of companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue recently suffered a security breach. Surprisingly, an…
Signzy, a popular vendor offering online “know your customer” ID verification and customer onboarding services to several top financial institutions, commercial banks, and fintech companies, has confirmed a security incident, TechCrunch can exclusively report. The…
The open source funding problem is very real, but a slew of initiatives have emerged of late, with startups, corporations, and venture capitalists launching various programs to support some of the most critical projects via…
Cybersecurity continues to command a lot of attention from enterprises looking for better protection from malicious hackers, and VCs want in on the action. In the latest example, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Upwind…