April 2025

Ransomware groups push negotiations to new levels of uncertainty

Ransomware groups push negotiations to new levels of uncertainty 2025-04-11 at 08:18 By Help Net Security Ransomware attacks increased by nearly 20% in 2024, and the severity rose by 13%, according to At-Bay. The blast radius of ransomware continues to grow as businesses impacted by attacks on vendors and partners increased 43%, while the average […]

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Why remote work is a security minefield (and what you can do about it)

Why remote work is a security minefield (and what you can do about it) 2025-04-11 at 07:54 By Help Net Security Remote work is seen as more than a temporary solution, it’s a long-term strategy for many organizations. Remote work cybersecurity challenges Unsecured networks: Workers often operate from home or public Wi-Fi networks that don’t

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NY attorney general urges Congress to keep pensions crypto-free — ‘No intrinsic value’

NY attorney general urges Congress to keep pensions crypto-free — ‘No intrinsic value’ 2025-04-11 at 07:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young New York Attorney General Letitia James has sent a letter to US congressional leaders urging “common sense” federal crypto regulations and to keep digital assets out of US pensions. “I am urging Congress to

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Bitcoin may hit a wall at $84K if bullish conditions don’t pick up: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin may hit a wall at $84K if bullish conditions don’t pick up: CryptoQuant 2025-04-11 at 07:06 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin could hover in the low $80,000s in the near term if it fails to break through its next resistance level, CryptoQuant says, while other analysts predict the cryptocurrency will hit a fresh

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Fartcoin rallies 104% in a week — Will Solana (SOL) price catch up?

Fartcoin rallies 104% in a week — Will Solana (SOL) price catch up? 2025-04-11 at 07:06 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Solana-based memecoin Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) has outperformed the broader crypto market so far in April, rising over 104% versus SOL being down 2% for the week. As of April 10, it was trading for as

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iOS devices face twice the phishing attacks of Android

iOS devices face twice the phishing attacks of Android 2025-04-11 at 07:06 By Help Net Security 2024 brought about countless new cybersecurity challenges including significant growth of the mobile threat landscape, according to Lookout. Threat actors, ranging from nation-states to individuals, are increasingly targeting mobile devices for the onset of their attacks to steal credentials

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New infosec products of the week: April 11, 2025

New infosec products of the week: April 11, 2025 2025-04-11 at 06:49 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Forescout, Index Engines, Jit, RunSafe Security, and Seal Security. Jit launches AI agents to ease AppSec workload Jit has launched its new AI agents

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Self-driving car maker Musk’s DOGE rocks up at self-driving car watchdog, cuts staff

Self-driving car maker Musk’s DOGE rocks up at self-driving car watchdog, cuts staff 2025-04-11 at 06:16 By Iain Thomson Under-audit political squad also said to be drafting invoices for Uncle Sam In February, Elon’s Musketeers at President Trump’s cost-trimming DOGE operation turned up at the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates the kinds

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Bitcoin reserve bills advance in New Hampshire, Florida

Bitcoin reserve bills advance in New Hampshire, Florida 2025-04-11 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald New Hampshire’s House and Florida’s House insurance and banking committee have respectively advanced bills allowing their states to create Bitcoin reserves. New Hampshire’s House passed its Bitcoin reserve bill, HB302, in a 192-179 vote on April 10 which will

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SEC staff gives guidance on how securities laws could apply to crypto

SEC staff gives guidance on how securities laws could apply to crypto 2025-04-11 at 05:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea US Securities and Exchange Commission staff have given guidance on how federal securities laws could apply to crypto, saying companies issuing or dealing with tokens that could be securities should give better details about their

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Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck’s biz dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China

Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck’s biz dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China 2025-04-11 at 04:16 By Iain Thomson Former policy boss claims Facebook cared little about national security as it chased the mighty Yuan Facebook’s former director of global public policy told a Senate committee that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was willing

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Apps-from-prompts Firebase Studio is a great example – of why devs won’t lose jobs to AI

Apps-from-prompts Firebase Studio is a great example – of why devs won’t lose jobs to AI 2025-04-11 at 03:19 By Thomas Claburn Big G reckons this agentic AI speeds up or simplifies coding. Developers who’ve used it aren’t so sure Cloud Next  Google on Wednesday announced Firebase Studio, a product pitched as “a cloud-based agentic

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Trump signs resolution killing IRS DeFi broker rule

Trump signs resolution killing IRS DeFi broker rule 2025-04-11 at 03:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte US President Donald Trump on April 10 signed a joint Congressional resolution overturning a Biden-era rule that requires decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to report to the country’s tax authority, the Internal Revenue Service. The rule would have required DeFi platforms, such

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SEC drops suit against Helium for alleged securities violations

SEC drops suit against Helium for alleged securities violations 2025-04-11 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dismissed a lawsuit against Nova Labs, developer of decentralized wireless network Helium, for allegedly issuing unregistered securities, Helium stated in an April 10 blog post.  Filed in January 2025, the

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HashKey receives Hong Kong approval to offer crypto staking services

HashKey receives Hong Kong approval to offer crypto staking services 2025-04-11 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey has received approval from Hong Kong regulators to offer staking services, potentially broadening the institutional appeal of proof-of-stake investments such as the spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs). HashKey was granted approval on April 10

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North Carolina lawmaker introduces Digital Asset Freedom Act

North Carolina lawmaker introduces Digital Asset Freedom Act 2025-04-11 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill North Carolina (NC) representative Neal Jackson introduced the North Carolina Digital Asset Freedom Act on April 10. The bill proposes that qualifying “digital assets” be accepted as a legally recognized form of payment and for taxes. Although the language

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Return of Redis creator bears fruit with vector set data type

Return of Redis creator bears fruit with vector set data type 2025-04-11 at 00:03 By Lindsay Clark LLM query caching also lands soon The return of Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo has borne fruit in the form of a new data type – vector sets – for the widely used cache-turned-multi-model database.… This article is an

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Pixel-Perfect Trap: The Surge of SVG-Borne Phishing Attacks

Pixel-Perfect Trap: The Surge of SVG-Borne Phishing Attacks 2025-04-10 at 23:16 By Bernard Bautista and Kevin Adriano Ever thought an image file could be part of a cyber threat? The Trustwave SpiderLabs Email Security team has identified a major spike in SVG image-based attacks, where harmless-looking graphics are being used to hide dangerous links. This

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Teens Need Parental OK for Instagram Live and Nudity Settings

Teens Need Parental OK for Instagram Live and Nudity Settings 2025-04-10 at 23:11 View original post at Safety Detectives Meta is adding new safety rules for teens on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. Starting soon, anyone under 16 won’t be able to use Instagram Live or unblur possible nudity in direct messages unless their parents approve.

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