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

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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, March 11, 2022! 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. Image Credits: Luca Lorenzelli/EyeEm (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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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 15, 2022! 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. Today in mega-rounds: Veho and Swappie.

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

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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for January 11, 2022! 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. (For

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

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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, March 3, 2022. Image Credits: sergeyskleznev (opens in a new window). Yet more spyware is out there, stealing your data : Sadly, the name of the Android spyware that is sucking up folks’ information is called TeaBot, which is a super-cute moniker. PST, subscribe here.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tips for cloud configs, MSP vetting, CISO board presentations

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Source: RSA Conference's “What Top CISOs Include in Updates to the Board" report, October 2022). CoinMiner, a cryptocurrency miner that spreads using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and EternalBlue. TeamSpy, spyware that uses remote access tool TeamViewer and malware to steal information.

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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. Turn on two-factor authentication!

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Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone

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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 22, 2022! Image Credits: OsakaWayne Studios (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. We are back! Yes, after a lovely long weekend, your entire TechCrunch team is back in the saddle. Which is good because everything appears to be going on at once.

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