Mikko Hyppönen is one of the most recognizable faces of the cybersecurity industry. After fighting computer viruses, worms, and malware, for more than 35 years, he tells TechCrunch why he is now working on systems to stop killer drones.

The Meta-owned company said it identified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a fake version of WhatsApp that was actually Italian-made spyware.

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.

LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware.

The FBI believes a series of video games published on Steam in the last two years were embedded with malware by the same hacker.

An international law enforcement operation shut down a service called SocksEscort, which allegedly helped cybercriminals all over the world launch ransomware and DDoS attacks, as well as distribute child sexual abuse material.

Google said it prevented 1.75 million bad apps from going live on Google Play during 2025, a figure that's down from previous years.