Tag: cyberattacks

New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep

As regular readers of TechCrunch will know, 2024 was — much like the years before it — full of data breaches, ransomware attacks,...

These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024

For the past few years, TechCrunch has looked back at some of the worst, badly handled data breaches and security incidents in the...

Russian government confirms rare criminal charges against ransomware hacker

The Russian government has confirmed the indictment of a 32-year-old resident, who authorities accuse of creating and launching ransomware attacks. Russian prosecutors said...

Apple says Mac users targeted in zero-day cyberattacks

Apple released security updates on Tuesday that it says are “recommended for all users,” after fixing a pair of security bugs used in...

The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

Cybersecurity is a world full of technical lingo and jargon. At TechCrunch, we have been writing about cybersecurity for years, and even we...

US charges five Russian military hackers with targeting Ukraine’s government with destructive malware

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice accused five members of Russia’s military intelligence agency of hacking several Ukrainian government agencies, an unnamed...