Skip to content
Tech News
clear
Topics: Today This Week This Month This Year

Mark Wahlberg to join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for fireside chat on investing

Actor and entrepreneur Mark Wahlberg will appear at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in a fireside chat with Bruce K. Lee, founder and CEO of Keebeck Wealth Management. The conversation will focus on Wahlberg's shift from Hollywood fame into building businesses, angel investing, and developing institutional-level investing discipline, particularly in healthcare and wellness startups.

Cisco Talos: Ransomware and state hackers exploit FMC firewall flaws

Cisco Talos reported that three distinct threat groups—including Qilin ransomware affiliates and state-sponsored actors—have been exploiting two vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. The flaws, a maximum-severity authentication bypass (CVE-2026-20079) and a static credential issue (CVE-2026-20316), let attackers gain root access, deploy web shells, steal credentials, and in some cases install Qilin ransomware or Cyclops Blink malware. Cisco has issued hot fixes and urges immediate patching, with broader hardening updates planned next week.

Cisco confirms active exploitation of critical Secure FMC bug CVE-2026-20079

Cisco has verified that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-20079, a maximum-severity (CVSS 10.0) flaw in its Secure Firewall Management Center software that lets unauthenticated remote attackers bypass login and run commands as root. The company first disclosed the bug in March without evidence of exploitation, but updated its advisory this week to acknowledge PSIRT detected active attacks in August, though it hasn't shared attacker identity or attack timeline details. CISA has since added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, giving federal agencies until September 12 to patch.

Uber doubles down on Carrum Mobility with fresh $10M investment

Uber has put another $10 million into Indian fleet operator Carrum Mobility through a Series B round, pushing the startup's valuation to about $168 million, up from $63 million after Uber's earlier $7 million investment in January. Uber now holds a mid-teens stake in Carrum, which operates roughly 5,100 vehicles and over 18,000 drivers across six Indian cities and generates about $45 million in annualized revenue.

Planet Fitness Grants First New Franchise Development Deal in Over a Decade

Hotel developer Ian McClure has become the first outside operator in more than ten years to sign a fresh development agreement with Planet Fitness, rather than buying into the chain by acquiring an existing franchisee's gyms. McClure's firm, Gulf Coast Hotel Management, which runs extended-stay hotels and Wyndham properties across several states, secured three area deals to open over a dozen locations on Florida's Gulf Coast. Each gym costs between $1.3 million and $5.4 million to launch depending on financing.

Leadership coaches say listening skills, not answers, drive better management outcomes

A workplace commentary describes how a manager repeatedly solved her own problems simply by talking them through while her boss mostly listened and asked a few clarifying questions. The piece uses this anecdote to argue that effective leadership depends more on skilled listening than on providing solutions, and outlines three listening skills leaders should develop.

Today's top topics: openai apple anthropic artificial intelligence dario amodei samsung ai safety android authority beats 360 claude opus 5.5
View all today's topics →