April 2025

Pakistan-Linked Hackers Expand Targets in India with CurlBack RAT and Spark RAT 2025-04-14 at 10:36 By A threat actor with ties to Pakistan has been observed targeting various sectors in India with various remote access trojans like Xeno RAT, Spark RAT, and a previously undocumented malware family called CurlBack RAT. The activity, detected by SEQRITE […]

Mechanism Capital founder doubles Bitcoin position with a $200M long 2025-04-14 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Andrew Kang, founder of the crypto venture firm Mechanism Capital, has seemingly doubled down on his bet that Bitcoin will gain in price with a $200 million long position, onchain data shows.  “Andrew Kang just doubled his

Mantra says one particular exchange may have caused OM collapse 2025-04-14 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The team behind real-world tokenized asset blockchain Mantra says its native token’s sudden 90% plunge was caused by exchanges forcibly closing positions without notice, with one currently unnamed exchange potentially to blame.  On April 13, Mantra (OM)

VMware revives its free ESXi hypervisor in an utterly obscure way 2025-04-14 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Home Labs and bare bones test rigs matter and Broadcom’s back in the game VMware has resumed offering a free hypervisor.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cybersecurity leaders discuss Oracle’s second recent hack 2025-04-14 at 08:01 By Oracle has informed customers that a malicious actor accessed a computer system, stealing old login credentials for clients.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Building a robust cybersecurity team: Five essential roles and key certifications 2025-04-14 at 07:17 By Assembling a robust cybersecurity team is essential for protecting an organization’s information assets. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Crypto markets ‘relatively orderly’ despite Trump tariff chaos: NYDIG 2025-04-14 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto markets have been fairly stable amid wider market panic caused by US President Donald Trump’s “on-again, off-again” sweeping global tariffs, according to a New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) analyst. “Despite the carnage in traditional financial markets,

Vitalik Buterin says the app layer needs ‘good social philosophy’ most 2025-04-14 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues it’s Ethereum’s application layer, not its infrastructure layer, where Ethereum needs “good social philosophy” the most. The app layer is where developers build decentralized applications on top of Ethereum’s base infrastructure

Trump’s World Liberty Financial buys $775K in SEI in altcoin buying spree 2025-04-14 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald The Trump family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has added 4.89 million SEI tokens valued at $775,000 to its portfolio, according to onchain data. Data from blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence shows the purchase

Tech tariff turmoil continues as Trump admin exempts some electronics, then promises to bring taxes back 2025-04-14 at 04:16 By Simon Sharwood Beijing tries to find an off-ramp but also fights back with export bans World War Fee  The Trump administration’s strategy for the use of tariffs to bring tech manufacturing to American shores became

Commerce Secretary Lutnick walks back tariff relief on electronics 2025-04-14 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick walked back the recent reciprocal tariff exemption on select electronics announced in an April 12 bulletin from the United States Customs and Border Protection. On April 13, Lutnick told ABC News that the reciprocal

Bitcoin rallies amid macroeconomic concerns — Are HYPE, ONDO, RNDR and KAS next? 2025-04-14 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) made a brilliant comeback this week, rising more than 7%, indicating solid buying at lower levels. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said in a post on X that the US bond market crisis

Hacktivism is back – but don’t be fooled, it’s often state-backed goons in masks 2025-04-14 at 00:01 By Jessica Lyons Military units, government nerds appear to join the fray, with physical infra in sights Feature  From triggering a water tank overflow in Texas to shutting down Russian state news services on Vladimir Putin’s birthday, self-styled

Mantra token price collapses by over 90% in 24 hours 2025-04-13 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The price of the Mantra (OM) token, the native cryptocurrency of the Mantra real-world tokenized asset blockchain, has collapsed by over 90% in the last 24 hours. On April 13, Mantra fell from a price of approximately

Saylor signals Strategy is buying the dip amid macroeconomic turmoil 2025-04-13 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has signaled that the company plans to acquire more Bitcoin (BTC) following a nearly two-week pause in purchases. The company’s most recent acquisition of 22,048 Bitcoin on March 31 brought its total holdings