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Ring’s latest security updates are good, but still opt-in
Ring, the video doorbell maker dubbed the “largest civilian surveillance network the U.S. has ever seen,” is rolling out new but long overdue security and privacy features. The Amazon-own
An internal code repo used by New York State’s IT office was exposed online
A code repository used by the New York state government’s IT department was left exposed on the internet, allowing anyone to access the projects inside, some of which contained secret keys and p
Transmit Security raises $543M Series A to kill off the password
Transmit Security, a Boston-based startup that’s on a mission to rid the world of passwords, has raised a massive $543 million in Series A funding. The funding round, said to be the largest Seri
Zocdoc says ‘programming errors’ exposed access to patients’ data
Zocdoc says it has fixed a bug that allowed current and former staff at doctor’s offices and dental practices to access patient data because their user accounts weren’t properly decommissi
Chrome now uses Duplex to fix your stolen passwords
Google announced a new feature for its Chrome browser today that alerts you when one of your passwords has been compromised and then helps you automatically change your password with the help of…
Click Studios asks customers to stop tweeting about its Passwordstate data breach
Australian security software house Click Studios has told customers not to post emails sent by the company about its data breach, which allowed malicious hackers to push a malicious update to its fla
Passwordstate users warned to ‘reset all passwords’ after attackers plant malicious update
Click Studios, the Australian software house that develops the enterprise password manager Passwordstate, has warned customers to reset passwords across their organizations after a cyberattack on the
Running apps still lag behind on privacy and security
Some of the most popular running apps are still lagging behind on security and privacy. That’s the verdict from security researchers who examined the leading running apps five years apart and fo
UK’s IoT ‘security by design’ law will cover smartphones too
Smartphones will be included in the scope of a planned “security by design” U.K. law aimed at beefing up the security of consumer devices, the government said today. It made the announceme
Gay dating site Manhunt hacked, thousands of accounts stolen
Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s accounts database. In a
1Password acquires SecretHub and launches new enterprise secrets management tool
1Password, the password management service that competes with the likes of LastPass and BitWarden, today announced a major push beyond the basics of password management and into the infrastructure sec
Duo goes passwordless
Duo, the authentication service Cisco acquired for $2.35 billion in 2018, today announced its plans to launch a passwordless authentication service that will allow users to log in to their Duo-protect
How startups can go passwordless, thanks to zero trust
“There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords… they just don’t meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure,” said Bill Ga
Jamaica’s Amber Group fixes second JamCOVID security lapse
Amber Group has fixed a second security lapse that exposed private keys and passwords for the government’s JamCOVID app and website. A security researcher told TechCrunch on Sunday that the Ambe
A security flaw in Grindr let anyone easily hijack user accounts
Grindr, one of the world’s largest dating and social networking apps for gay, bi, trans, and queer people, has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed anyone to hijack and take control of an
Use ‘productive paranoia’ to build cybersecurity culture at your startup
As any startup grows, getting new products out the door and securing that next round of funding are always top priorities. But security, all too often, falls by the wayside. After all, why would you i
How I accidentally gatecrashed a startup’s morning meeting
There’s a certain kind of panic that at some point gets us all. You just got to work but did you leave the oven on at home? The gut-punch “call me ASAP” message from your boss but no
Google is making autofill on Chrome for mobile more secure
Google today announced a new autofill experience for Chrome on mobile that will use biometric authentication for credit card transactions, as well as an updated built-in password manager that will mak
Alcohol delivery service Drizly confirms data breach
Online alcohol delivery startup Drizly has told customers that it was hit by a data breach. In an email to customers, obtained by TechCrunch, the company said that a hacker “obtained” some
Instacart blames reused passwords for account hacks, but customers are still without basic two-factor security
Online shopping service Instacart says reused passwords are to blame for a recent spate of account breaches, which saw personal data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers stolen an