Security News | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/category/security/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 22 May 2025 19:37:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Security News | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/category/security/ 32 32 Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/microsoft-says-lumma-password-stealer-malware-found-on-394000-windows-pcs/ Thu, 22 May 2025 18:09:11 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3011053 Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/signals-new-windows-update-prevents-the-system-from-capturing-screenshots-of-chats/ Thu, 22 May 2025 07:28:46 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010829 Wyden: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon weren’t notifying senators of surveillance requests https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/wyden-att-t-mobile-and-verizon-werent-notifying-senators-of-surveillance-requests/ Wed, 21 May 2025 18:42:02 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010435 US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/us-student-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-hack-affecting-tens-of-millions-of-students/ Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:21 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010219 Coinbase says its data breach affects at least 69,000 customers https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/coinbase-says-its-data-breach-affects-at-least-69000-customers/ Wed, 21 May 2025 13:03:10 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010172 The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe/ Tue, 20 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2966374 Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/cocospy-stalkerware-apps-go-offline-after-data-breach/ Mon, 19 May 2025 16:10:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008693 Pharma giant Regeneron to buy 23andMe and its customers’ data for $256M https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/pharma-giant-regeneron-to-buy-23andme-and-its-customers-data-for-256m/ Mon, 19 May 2025 14:35:59 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008665 Crypto elite increasingly worried about their personal safety https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/18/crypto-elite-increasingly-worried-about-their-personal-safety/ Sun, 18 May 2025 21:31:09 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008527 US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/us-man-who-hacked-secs-x-account-to-spike-bitcoin-price-sentenced-to-prison/ Fri, 16 May 2025 20:23:10 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008280 Coinbase says customers’ personal information stolen in data breach https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/coinbase-says-customers-personal-information-stolen-in-data-breach/ Thu, 15 May 2025 11:58:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007554 White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/ Wed, 14 May 2025 18:35:20 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007323 xAI’s promised safety report is MIA https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/xais-promised-safety-report-is-mia/ Tue, 13 May 2025 22:02:17 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006908 Seven things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/seven-things-we-learned-from-whatsapp-vs-nso-group-spyware-lawsuit/ Tue, 13 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005540 Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/google-announces-new-security-features-for-android-for-protection-against-scam-and-theft/ Tue, 13 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005621 GovDelivery, an email alert system used by governments, abused to send scam messages https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/government-email-alert-system-govdelivery-used-to-send-scam-messages/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:35:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006462 Marks & Spencer confirms customers’ personal data was stolen in hack https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/marks-spencer-confirms-customers-personal-data-was-stolen-in-hack/ Tue, 13 May 2025 12:10:48 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006356 FBI and Dutch police seize and shut down botnet of hacked routers https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/fbi-and-dutch-police-seize-and-shut-down-botnet-of-hacked-routers/ Fri, 09 May 2025 17:19:03 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005319 Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/florida-bill-requiring-encryption-backdoors-for-social-media-accounts-has-failed/ Fri, 09 May 2025 13:15:55 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005188 A timeline of South Korean telco giant SKT’s data breach https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/a-timeline-of-south-korean-telco-giant-skts-data-breach/ Thu, 08 May 2025 21:30:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004723