Security
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Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally
Businesses across the world are reporting IT outages, including Windows “blue screen of death” errors on their computers, in what…
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Microsoft says 8.5M Windows devices were affected by CrowdStrike outage
Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent of Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike…
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Unpacking how Alphabet’s rumored Wiz acquisition could affect VC
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall…
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CIA AI director Lakshmi Raman claims the agency is taking a ‘thoughtful approach’ to AI
As a part of TechCrunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved —…
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Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity
Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years.…
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Wiz walks away from Google’s $23B acquisition offer: Read the CEO’s note to employees
Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to a source…
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Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say
For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer…
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Dazz snaps up $50M for AI-based, automated cloud security remediation
Cybersecurity has become a white-hot topic in the world of technology. Not only are data breaches continuing unabated, but also…
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CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers with a botched update all over the world last week, is…
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Hacker claims theft of Piramal Group’s employee data
A hacker claims to be selling data relating to thousands of current and former employees of the Indian conglomerate Piramal…
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