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Cybersecurity hiring has an unusual problem: a company can receive hundreds of applications and still struggle to fill a critical role. The reason is often specialization. A security team may not simply need another analyst. ComputerSecurity It may need someone who has investigated cloud identity attacks, built detection pipelines, secured
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Follow the money US Bank says that it's investigating ransomware crew LockBit’s claims that it breached the financial institution and stole data, which the crims threaten to leak on September 3 unless the bank pays an extortion demand. “We’re aware of claims regarding a potential cybersecurity
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Earlier this year, insurance executives gathered in a Times Square conference room to play out a scenario: a Chinese cyberattack knocks out 5,000 US water utilities at once. If you think that’s a far-fetched scenario, think again. WIRED’s Andy Greenberg got rare access to the closed-door war
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If you are a malicious hacker, cybersecurity professionals may very well be the worst people in the world to try to hack, as there is a very good chance they are going to catch you. A person pretending to work for a leading crypto news site targeted several cybersecurity professionals
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Key takeaways * Features: Dynamic Island could be smaller and cameras might have a variable aperture — plus, there are rumors of a bigger battery. However, there’s concern over memory component shortages and their high prices. * Colors: Apple could launch light blue, dark cherry and dark gray versions or variations. * Price:
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Microsoft is celebrating the Xbox’s 25th anniversary in style, as it plans to release a limited edition Xbox Series X25 sporting the classic translucent green colorway that many fans fondly remember. The celebration isn’t stopping there, though, as the company has teamed up with Mattel to deliver a
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NUS Medicine, data centre operator DayOne and Melbourne’s Cortical Labs have unveiled a biological data centre prototype in Singapore, built from a 20-unit rack of neuron-powered CL1 computers. The efficiency claim central to the project comes with no published figures. A rack of computers running on living human neurons
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Adit Singh was a partner at Foundation Capital when he helped source and co-lead the first funding round into then-obscure chip startup Cerebras. By the time Cerebras held its blockbuster IPO in May, Foundation Capital held a roughly 7% stake, making it the third-largest shareholder in the company, which now
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We’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 — TechCrunch’s annual, handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world. These founders rose to the top from thousands of applications spanning every industry and geography. Their reward? A coveted spot to exhibit at TechCrunch
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* GuidePoint observed “Ransom Busters” posing as recovery firms in ransomware incidents * Group claimed to hack RaaS panels, offering decryption keys for $20K–$60K * Researchers say it’s likely the same affiliates behind infections, not genuine rescuers Ransomware operations have evolved again, and this time around the crooks are pretending to
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Vulnerabilities Exploitation of the Zimbra Collaboration vulnerability CVE-2026-73570 has been observed by Poland’s CERT Polska. A recently patched Zimbra Collaboration vulnerability is being exploited in the wild, according to Poland’s CERT Polska. The security hole is tracked as CVE-2026-73570 and it was patched by the developers of the
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We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it. Nobody does anything without reason. So, organizations watch and track us for a purpose. That purpose is always for their benefit, not ours. But who are they?
