April 2025

Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes 2025-04-02 at 09:15 By Iain Thomson Cupertino already squashed ’em in more recent releases – which this week get a fresh round of fixes Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address

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GameStop finishes $1.5B raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with some proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin. The offering was initially set to raise at least $1.3 billion, but purchasers

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SEC and Gemini ask to pause lawsuit to explore ‘potential resolution’ 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The US Securities and Exchange Commission and crypto exchange Gemini have asked to pause the regulator’s suit over the exchange’s Gemini Earn program, saying they want to discuss a potential resolution.  In an April 1 letter

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Crypto PAC-backed Republicans win US House seats in Florida special elections 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Two Republicans who received a combined $1.5 million from the crypto-backed political action committee (PAC) Fairshake will enter the US House after winning special elections in Florida. Republican Jimmy Patronis won the vacant seat in Florida’s

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North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Simon Sharwood With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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New Malware Loaders Use Call Stack Spoofing, GitHub C2, and .NET Reactor for Stealth 2025-04-02 at 09:05 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a malware loader called Hijack Loader that implements new features to evade detection and establish persistence on compromised systems. “Hijack Loader released a new module that implements call stack

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UK trade bodies ask government to make crypto a ‘strategic priority’ 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Several British trade associations have asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office to appoint a special envoy dedicated to crypto and for a dedicated action plan for digital assets and blockchain technology. In a March 31 letter,

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Who’s driving ransomware’s accelerated growth in 2025 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By A look into IAB tactics, relations with ransomware groups and services offered. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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North Korea tech workers found among staff at UK blockchain projects 2025-04-02 at 06:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Fraudulent tech workers with ties to North Korea are expanding their infiltration operations to blockchain firms outside the US after increased scrutiny from authorities, with some having worked their way into UK crypto projects, Google says.

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Kentucky joins Vermont and South Carolina in dropping Coinbase staking suit 2025-04-02 at 06:05 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Kentucky’s finance watchdog has dismissed its lawsuit against Coinbase over the exchange’s staking rewards program, following its peers in Vermont and South Carolina. Kentucky’s Department of Financial Institutions filed the stipulation to dismiss jointly with Coinbase

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Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work 2025-04-02 at 04:39 By Iain Thomson But his emails! Sharing them with Google! Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive

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Mozilla is rolling Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival 2025-04-02 at 04:06 By Thomas Claburn Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla’s open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Bitcoin traders are overstating the impact of the US-led tariff war on BTC price 2025-04-02 at 03:05 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Despite Bitcoin’s 2.2% gains on April 1, BTC (BTC) hasn’t traded above $89,000 since March 7. Even though the recent price weakness is often linked to the escalating US-led global trade war, several

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Lightmatter says it’s ready to ship chip-to-chip optical highways as early as summer 2025-04-02 at 03:05 By Tobias Mann AI accelerators to see the light, literally Lightmatter this week unveiled a pair of silicon photonic interconnects designed to satiate the growing demand for chip-to-chip bandwidth associated with ever-denser AI deployments.… This article is an excerpt

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Not even Intel’s top bosses know what’s on CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s chopping block 2025-04-02 at 01:21 By Tobias Mann Chipzilla chief asked customers to be ‘brutally honest’ … which will lead to what changes, we wonder Vision  Not even Intel’s top brass know what’s on newly minted CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s chopping block.… This article is

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