FYI: Impersonators are (still) targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach

Fraudsters are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads, and reaching out to companies. Here’s what we’re doing about it, and what you can look out for.

Google says half of all zero-days it tracked in 2025 targeted buggy enterprise tech

Enterprise software was a major focus of zero-day activity during 2025, with security and networking devices, like firewalls, VPNs, and virtualization platforms among the most targeted by malicious hackers.

Chinese hackers hide malware within Windows and Google Drive to hit government targets

An APT41 spinoff is spying on targets across Europe and Asia using a blend of custom and legitimate tools.

Microsoft warns of new signed malware which deploys remote monitoring tools as backdoors

TrustConnect is back, this time used to deploy legitimate but weaponized RMM solutions.

Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup
Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the Department of Defense in an attempt to salvage the company’s relationship with the US military and prevent it from being iced out of defense work for being a “supply chain risk.” Talks between the two parties imploded on Friday after weeks of […]

Major data leak forum LeakBase seized by FBI, Europol, and shut down

The website was taken offline, and potential members arrested.

How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.

‘We can accelerate the adoption of post-quantum resilience for all web users’: Google reveals how Chrome will help secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks — without breaking the Internet

Google plans to defend HTTPS certificates against quantum attacks using compact verification methods that preserve browser performance and system compatibility.

U.S. and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools

Authorities say LeakBase was “one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals,” and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords.