Nowadays it’s easier than it’s ever been - and it’s never too late to start. Think of cybersecurity as an investment for something you hope never happens, like a breach of your personal data. If you could snap your fingers and tell everyone in the world one thing about your beat, what would it be? We uncover and report the big cybersecurity news of the day - hacks, data breaches, nation-state attacks, surveillance, and national security - and how it affects you, and the wider tech scene. TechCrunch’s Bearer of Bad News, and I oversee the security desk. Who is Zack Whittaker? What do you do at TechCrunch? First up? The incredible, inimitable Zack Whittaker. This week we’re experimenting with a new section where we quickly catch up with one TechCrunch writer to hear a bit about them and the thing that’s on their mind this week. Can you actually use it as collateral for anything? Compound’s Max Brenner walks us through the challenges. Planning to use your startup equity as collateral? Good luck: After years of work, you’ve managed to build up a ton of equity in the private company you’ve helped to build. Haje, with his rare overlapping perspective as a reporter AND pitch coach AND former director at a VC fund, breaks it all down as only he can. How does venture capital work?: It seems like a basic question, but it’s one we get…quite a lot. What lies behind the TC+ paywall? Some really great stuff! Here’s a taste: What’s up in the world of TechCrunch podcasts? This week the Equity crew talked about why we need to “officially stop comparing Adam Neumann and Elizabeth Holmes,” and Burnsy talked with Ethena co-founder Roxanne Petraeus and Homebrew’s Hunter Walk about how to “sell the vision, not the business,” on TechCrunch Live. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch audio stuff We’ll hear more from Zack about this new tool below. This week Zack launched a tool meant to help people determine if their Android phone - and thus, their private data - was impacted. TC battles stalkerware: Back in February, TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker pulled back the curtain on a network of “stalkerware” apps that were meant to quietly gobble up a victim’s private text messages, photos, browsing history, etc. I was going to tell everyone to go speed-binge their way through the incredible “Summer Camp Island” series before it’s gone, but apparently it already got removed. Find the full list of gone/soon-to-be-gone titles here. ![]() ![]() HBO Max removing titles: HBO Max is merging with Discovery+, and for some reason this means a bunch of titles are getting the boot - and fast. The bugs involve Safari’s WebKit engine and can lead to an attacker having, essentially, full access to your device - so, really, go update. ![]() This week, Google announced that they’re shutting it down, giving those device makers a year to figure out another solution.Īpple’s big security bug: Time to update your Apple devices! This week the company shipped critical patches that fix two (!) security issues that attackers seem to already be actively exploiting. Google shutters IoT Core: Google’s IoT Core is a service meant to help device makers build internet-connected gadgets that connect to Google Cloud. Bryant has filed a lawsuit in response to the termination, alleging “wrongful suspension and conflict of interest.” other stuffĪ16z backs WeWork founder’s new thing: When a company implodes hard enough that it inspires a miniseries, would anyone back the founders again? It doesn’t seem to have dissuaded a16z, who recently put its biggest check ever into WeWork founder Adam Neumann’s next thing.īlack Girls Code founder fired by board: “Kimberly Bryant is officially out from Black Girls Code, eight months after being indefinitely suspended from the organization that she founded,” write Natasha Mascarenhas and Dominic-Madori Davis. Hello hello! We’re back with another edition of Week in Review, the newsletter where we quickly recap the top stories to hit TechCrunch across the last seven days.
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