What exactly did Tim Cook spend a million bucks on?
It’s time to check in on the investments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook in a segment the Macalope likes to call… Tim’s Investments. (Yeah, he just made this up, but would it kill you…
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Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits
Operation Zero, a company that acquires and sells zero-days exclusively to the Russian government and local Russian companies, announced on Thursday that it’s looking for exploits for the popular messaging app Telegram, and is willing…
Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has learned. The breach reveals that SpyX and two other related mobile apps had records on almost two million people…
Estonia-based Blackwall raises €45 million Series B to protect SMBs from malicious online traffic
A huge chunk of online traffic now comes from bots, both good and bad — but AI is boosting the latter. From DDoS attacks to scraping, there’s a renewed barrage of threats that companies have…
Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree
A broad overview of the four stages. Credit: Microsoft The campaign targeted “nearly” 1 million devices belonging both to individuals and a wide range of organizations and industries. The indiscriminate approach indicates the campaign was…
Hacked crypto exchange Bybit offers $140 million bounty to trace stolen funds
Last week, hackers stole around $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit, believed to be the largest crypto heist in history. Now, the company is offering a total of $140 million in bounties…
20 million OpenAI users hacked? Here’s how to stay safe
Have you ever tried ChatGPT? You may want to take a quick moment to freshen up your account’s security. A Russian hacker is claiming to have login data for over 20 million OpenAI users—and the…
Riot raises $30 million for its cybersecurity product suite focused on employees
French startup Riot has raised a $30 million Series B round after reaching $10 million in annual revenue in 2024. Originally focused on educating employees about cybersecurity risks, the company now wants to go one…
US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans
On Thursday, an international coalition of law enforcement agencies from Australia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and the United States took down and seized two prominent hacking forums and two other related cybercriminal services. …
UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach
UnitedHealth has confirmed the ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit last February affected around 190 million people in America — nearly double previous estimates. The U.S. health insurance giant confirmed the latest number to…