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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

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Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. There aren’t a lot of people that focus on security for reporters.

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

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Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor. to the journalist Martyn Williams , who specializes in reporting on North Korean technology.

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Daily Crunch: Byju’s founder chips in toward $800M funding round to reach $22B valuation

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EU to investigate state use of spyware : The Pegasus mobile spyware is causing headaches in Europe for more than just the folks who found themselves targets of the software. The European Parliament voted this week to “investigate allegations that European member states acquired and used” Pegasus, TechCrunch reports.

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

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The digital-rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation and Lookout Mobile Security, which co-authored the report, say they tracked the Dark Caracal phishing campaign across more than 60 websites. However, Citizen Lab identified in a 2015 report the GDGS as one of two Lebanese government organizations using FinFisher surveillance software.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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Per our reporting, Lido “is the market leader for Ethereum liquid staking” and just raised $70 million from a16z. Image Credits: sergeyskleznev (opens in a new window). That’s a lot of coin, frankly, but if startups are expensive these days, crypto startups are doubleplusexpensive.

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Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer

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Today we have new venture funds, spyware news, Brex raising (again), and more. Cybersecurity matters to democracy : Spyware built by the infamous NSO Group was “used to spy on three critics of the Polish government,” according to Citizen Lab, TechCrunch reports. Image Credits: ShadowPix (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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It is an interesting argument against Windows and the larger Web (we kid), but does raise notable points regarding mobile security and consumer expectations. Image Credits: DNY59 (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. It’s worth reading regardless of your priors. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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