TechCrunch Founders Summit 2026 | TechCrunch
Do you have real-world scaling experience? The stage at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is calling. Our annual founder-focused event in Boston on June 23 will bring together more than 1,100 founders and investors to explore the realities of scaling a startup at every stage. We’re looking for experienced founders, VCs, and startup operators to lead […]
SolarWinds Web Help Desk exploited by RCE in multi-stage attack against public servers
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 9, 2026Vulnerabilities / Endpoint Security Microsoft disclosed that it observed a multi-stage intrusion in which an attacker exploited an Internet-exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instance to gain initial access and move laterally across an organization’s network to other high-value assets. That said, the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team is wondering whether this […]
Nominations now being accepted for the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 | Tech Crunch
Early stage founders, now is the time! Are you ready to test your startup on the ultimate world stage? The startup battlefield is calling. Nominations for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200, the world’s most iconic startup pitch competition, are officially open. Step onto the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and face off against our […]
Gather AI, maker of ‘curious’ warehouse drones, wins $40 million led by Keith Block’s company
Gather AI, a startup that provides an AI platform for warehouse cameras and drones, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Smith Point Capital. It’s a VC firm founded by Keith Block, former co-CEO of Salesforce. The Gather team first met Smith Point at a logistics conference a year ago, […]
AI Skill Malware, 31Tbps DDoS, Notepad++ Hack, LLM Backdoors and More
Ravie LakshmananFeb 09, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity Cyber threats are no longer coming from just malware or exploits. They’re showing up inside the tools, platforms, and ecosystems organizations use every day. As companies connect AI, cloud apps, developer tools, and communication systems, attackers are following those same paths. A clear pattern this week: attackers are […]
How top CISOs can overcome burnout and speed up MTTR without hiring more people
Why do SOC teams continue to burn out and miss SLAs despite spending millions on security tools? Routine triage piles up, senior experts are dragged into basic verification, MTTR rises, and stealth threats still have room to slip through. Top CISOs have found that this solution provides teams with faster and clearer evidence of action […]
Tutankhamun’s sandals: 3,300-year-old footwear that allowed King Tut to walk over his enemies.
simple facts Name: Tutankhamun’s sandals Contents: Embellished leather sandals Source: Tomb of King Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt Created: Around 1330 BC When British archaeologist Howard Carter and local Egyptians excavated King Tut’s tomb in 1922, they discovered thousands of artifacts buried with the young pharaoh. These sandals, one of the dozens of pairs […]
Bloody Wolf uses NetSupport RAT in spear phishing campaign to target Russian Uzbekistan
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 9, 2026Threat Intelligence/Cyber Espionage The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf is said to be involved in a campaign targeting Uzbekistan and Russia, infecting systems with a remote access Trojan known as NetSupport RAT. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking this activity under the name “Stan Goulds.” This threat actor is known to have […]
TeamPCP worm exploits cloud infrastructure to build criminal infrastructure
Cybersecurity researchers warned of a “massive campaign” that systematically targets cloud-native environments and sets up malicious infrastructure for subsequent exploitation. The activity, observed around December 25, 2025 and described as “worm-driven,” leveraged the recently disclosed React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) vulnerability, as well as exposed Docker APIs, Kubernetes clusters, Ray dashboards, and Redis servers. This […]
BeyondTrust fixes critical pre-authentication RCE vulnerability in remote support and PRA
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 9, 2026Enterprise Security/Network Security BeyondTrust has released an update that addresses a critical security flaw affecting its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products. Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution. “Certain older versions of BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) contain a critical pre-authentication remote code […]