April 2025

66% of CISOs are worried cybersecurity threats surpass their defenses 2025-04-21 at 17:07 By While 21% of C-suite leaders currently invest more than 10% of their IT budget in cybersecurity, this number is expected to roughly double next year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React

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Circle, BitGo about to apply for bank charter, others may follow: WSJ 2025-04-21 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Major cryptocurrency firms, including stablecoin issuer Circle and crypto custodian BitGo, are reportedly considering applying for bank charters or licenses. According to an April 21 Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter,

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy bagged 6,556 Bitcoin for $555.8M last week 2025-04-21 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Michael Saylor’s Strategy, one of the world’s largest publicly listed corporate Bitcoin holders, added another major purchase to its growing portfolio as the cryptocurrency trades near $85,000. Strategy acquired 6,556 Bitcoin for $555.8 million from April 14–20,

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Pavel Durov says Telegram would exit markets before betraying users 2025-04-21 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has expressed concerns over the growing threat to private messaging in France and other European Union countries, warning that Telegram would rather exit certain markets than implement encryption backdoors that undermine user privacy.

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Everything you need to get up and running with MCP – Anthropic’s USB-C for AI 2025-04-21 at 16:02 By Tobias Mann Wrangling your data into LLMs just got easier, though it’s not all sunshine and rainbows Hands On  Getting large language models to actually do something useful usually means wiring them up to external data,

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Crypto casino revenue hit $81B in 2024 despite global restrictions 2025-04-21 at 15:25 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Crypto casinos generated more than $81 billion in revenue in 2024, even as regulators in key jurisdictions continued to block access to the platforms, according to a new report. Citing data from the anti-online-crime platform Yield Sec,

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Bitcoin rally above $100K may follow US Treasury buybacks — Arthur Hayes 2025-04-21 at 15:25 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Investors seeking Bitcoin exposure may be running out of time to purchase below a six-figure price, as US Treasury buybacks may signal the next leg up for the world’s first cryptocurrency. This might be the “last

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Not so innocent: Malware-laden memes on the rise 2025-04-21 at 15:25 By Cybercriminals are refining their methods to use malicious memes as a tool to bypass security controls by embedding dangerous code into image files. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Emails delivering infostealers rose by 84% year-over-year 2025-04-21 at 15:25 By Malicious cyber actors are increasingly utilizing stealthier tactics.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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5 Reasons Device Management Isn’t Device Trust​ 2025-04-21 at 14:46 By The problem is simple: all breaches start with initial access, and initial access comes down to two primary attack vectors – credentials and devices. This is not news; every report you can find on the threat landscape depicts the same picture.  The solution is

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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: iOS Zero-Days, 4Chan Breach, NTLM Exploits, WhatsApp Spyware & More 2025-04-21 at 14:46 By Can a harmless click really lead to a full-blown cyberattack? Surprisingly, yes — and that’s exactly what we saw in last week’s activity. Hackers are getting better at hiding inside everyday actions: opening a file, running a

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XRP price eyes 70% rally ahead of CFTC-regulated futures launch on Coinbase 2025-04-21 at 14:25 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) has dropped nearly 40% since hitting its multi-year high of $3.40 three months ago. Still, its ability to hold above key technical support levels, combined with a potentially market-shifting derivatives listing, has prompted

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Ethereum Foundation shifts focus to user experience, layer-1 scaling 2025-04-21 at 13:08 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The Ethereum Foundation, the nonprofit organization developing the Ethereum ecosystem, is shifting its focus to user experience and layer-1 scaling challenges following its recent leadership reshuffle.  On April 21, the Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak shared an

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US dollar goes ‘no-bid’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-04-21 at 12:47 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) is eyeing new April highs as macro instability suddenly delivers a tailwind for BTC price performance. Bitcoin is on the way up, nearing $88,000, but few market participants are willing to trust

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Metaplanet tops $400M Bitcoin holdings with new $28M purchase 2025-04-21 at 12:47 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Japanese investment firm Metaplanet increased its Bitcoin holdings to more than $400 million after its latest purchase. Metaplanet acquired 330 Bitcoin (BTC) for $28.2 million at an average price of $85,605 per BTC, bringing its total holdings to

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