In February 2021, software giant Ivanti discovered that Chinese hackers had breached the network of Pulse Secure, one of its subsidiaries that provided VPN appliances to dozens of…
Read more VPN flaws allowed Chinese hackers to compromise dozens of Ivanti customers, says report | TechCrunchLast year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its…
Read more Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others? | TechCrunchDecember’s losses were spread across 26 incidents, showing fewer large-scale breaches rather than a total absence of attacks. Blockchain security firm Peckshield has shared that December 2025 closed…
Read more Crypto Exploits Decline Sharply, With Only $76M Stolen in December 2025The job posts don’t immediately raise alarms, even though they’re clearly not for tutoring or babysitting. “Female candidates are a PRIORITY, even if you aren’t from US, if…
Read more Feds are hunting teenage hacking groups like ‘Scattered Spider’ who have targeted $1 trillion worth of the Fortune 500 since 2022 | FortuneIt’s the end of the year. That means it’s time for us to celebrate the best cybersecurity stories we didn’t publish. Since 2023, TechCrunch has looked back at…
Read more These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2025 | TechCrunchA company that makes photo booths is exposing pictures and videos of its customers online thanks to a simple flaw in its website where the files are stored,…
Read more Flaw in photo booth maker’s website exposes customers’ pictures | TechCrunchExpand your mind, man. Opsec is really all about time travel—taking small, protective steps now before you have a disaster on your hands later. If you’re not on…
Read more The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for TeensWASHINGTON — Hackers working for Russian intelligence attacked an American engineering company this fall, investigators at a U.S. cybersecurity company said Tuesday — seemingly because that firm had…
Read more Russian hackers target US engineering firm because of work done for UkraineThe Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has stopped using its CodeRED system to alert residents of orders to evacuate or shelter in place or of other emergencies after learning…
Read more Cyberattack on CodeRED forces Douglas County Sheriff’s Office to seek new alert networkAs generative AI pushes the speed of software development, it is also enhancing the ability of digital attackers to carry out financially motivated or state-backed hacks. This means…
Read more Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug HuntingEight years after a researcher warned WhatsApp that it was possible to extract user phone numbers en masse from the Meta-owned app, another team of researchers found that…
Read more US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American DriversBANGKOK — Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker on the Thai resort island of Phuket who was wanted by the FBI on allegations he was behind cyberattacks…
Read more Russian hacking suspect wanted by the FBI arrested on Thai resort islandWASHINGTON (AP) — A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely…
Read more Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to ChinaThe United States issued a seizure warrant to Starlink this week related to satellite internet infrastructure used in a scam compound in Myanmar. The action is part of…
Read more A Major Leak Spills a Chinese Hacking Contractor’s Tools and TargetsWASHINGTON — A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated…
Read more Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to ChinaAmid a government shutdown that has dragged on for more than five weeks, the United States Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday that it recently suffered a hack…
Read more The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time BombWASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government data to malicious actors. The small government office, with some 275…
Read more Congressional Budget Office implements new security measures after getting hackedMichael Calore: Yeah. My favorite indiscreet product placement was in the show Entourage from HBO. It was on TV, I don’t know, 15 years ago. Lauren Goode: Oh,…
Read more How to Hack a Poker GameChinese, Russian, and Cambodian intermediaries reportedly played key roles in moving and cashing the stolen funds. A new report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) shows…
Read more North Korea’s Crypto Theft Reaches $2.83B Since 2024The cloud giant Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday leading to cascading outages that took down wide swaths of the web. Monday’s meltdown illustrated the…
Read more Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web