US healthcare market shares citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Nearly all of America’s 20 state-run health insurance marketplaces shared their residents’ application information with advertising and technology giants like Google, LinkedIn, Meta and Snap, according to a new Bloomberg study. The report highlights privacy concerns posed by pixel-sized trackers that allow website owners to collect information about visitors for web analytics and bug identification. […]
AI-Powered Phishing, Android Spying Tool, Linux Exploit, GitHub RCE & More
Ravie LakshmananMay 04, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking This week, the shadows moved faster than the patches. While most teams were still triaging last month’s alerts, attackers had already turned control panels into kill switches, kernels into open doors, and open-source pipelines into silent delivery systems. The game has shifted from breach to occupation. They’re living inside […]
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This one. BOGO offer is valid. For a limited time only, buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second pass of the same type of ticket. This is a short period of time to bring someone in and you get more out of being there. Bring your colleagues. Co-founder. Partner. […]
Barocal can cool food and drinks by squeezing blocks of plastic crystals
Today’s refrigerators operate on the same basic technology as they did over 100 years ago. You’d think by now I could have come up with something better. And we did, but nothing has been able to dethrone the cheap and reliable vapor compression, the process that keeps milk cold today. One startup wants to change […]
The year of AI-assisted attacks
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old boy was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prevention Act. The young man was running malicious code that extracted the personal data of more than 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan’s largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man explained his motivation for the hack. Because […]
Silver Fox deploys ABCDoor malware in India and Russia via tax-themed phishing
Ravi LakshmananMay 4, 2026Malware/Network Security A China-based cybercrime group known as Silver Fox is said to be involved in a new campaign targeting organizations in Russia and India using a new malware called ABCDoor. The campaign used a phishing email mimicking a communication from India’s Income Tax Department in December 2025, followed by a similar […]
Ouster’s new color LiDAR replaces cameras
For the past decade, the tech industry has been considering whether self-driving cars need LIDAR sensors, cameras, or all of the above. LiDAR company Ouster says it has found a new answer: putting both in the same sensor. On Monday, the San Francisco-based company announced a new lineup of lidar sensors it calls “Rev8.” All […]
Critical cPanel vulnerability exploited to target government and MSP networks
Ravi LakshmananMay 4, 2026Vulnerability/Network Security A previously unknown attacker was observed exploiting a recently disclosed cPanel vulnerability to target small clusters of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the United States, as well as government and military organizations in Southeast Asia. This activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel […]
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring part of AI
Nicolas Sauvage believes it takes four years for the best bet to be considered wise. I’m thinking about when I said this on stage last week at StrictlyVC’s San Francisco event, co-hosted by TDK Ventures. It’s a theory he’s been trying to prove since 2019, when he founded the Japanese electronics giant’s corporate venture arm, […]
Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 VPN Risk Report
Your VPN is helping attackers move as fast as AI of Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 VPN Risk Report A dangerous disconnect is revealed. While attackers use AI to move at machine speed, legacy VPNs blind defenders and leave them exposed. Not being able to see what is happening greatly reduces response time and the likelihood of […]