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In November 2022, Google revealed the existence of a then-unknown spyware vendor called Variston. Now, Google researchers say they have seen hackers use Variston’s tools in the United Arab Emirates. In a report published on Wednesday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said it discovered hackers targeting people in the UAE who used Samsung’s native Android […]

Hackers used spyware made in Spain to target users in the UAE, Google says by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Google is launching a new ad transparency center that will let users search for verified advertisers and their campaigns across all of the company’s platforms including Search, Display, and YouTube. This new transparency center — which is accessible directly via this link and through the My Ad Center page — will let you search for […]

Google’s new ad transparency center will keep track of a brand’s previous ads by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Building a company during the pandemic is hard; raising $71.5 million in the fertility sector, an impressive feat at any time. Today, Oma Fertility co-founder Kiran Joshi and Root Ventures Partner Chrissy Meyer join TechCrunch Live at 12 p.m. PDT to talk us through: building in healthcare during a global pandemic and how they stood […]

Hear Oma Fertility and Root Ventures talk male IVF challenges on TechCrunch Live by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch

Last July, TechCrunch reported that customers of several fintech apps couldn’t access the virtual dollar card service that these platforms provided. In addition, customers couldn’t create new cards, fund existing ones, or make online and in-store payments and purchases with them. At the heart of this issue was chargeback fraud that Zambian startup Union54, whose […]

After chargeback fraud debacle, Union54 CEO says fintech in Africa ‘isn’t child’s play’ by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Payments remains one of the most fragmented of online services, a situation that is only compounded when your business trades internationally. A UK startup called Paytrix says it has raised $18.3 million in funding to build out a solution to fix this: a single platform — and single contract — that lets its customers manage […]

Paytrix raises $18.3M to build out its one-stop payments shop by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch