April 2025

Europol: Five pay-per-infect suspects cuffed, some spill secrets to cops 2025-04-10 at 11:49 By Connor Jones Officials teased more details to come later this year Following the 2024 takedown of several major malware operations under Operation Endgame, law enforcement has continued its crackdown into 2025, detaining five individuals linked to the Smokeloader botnet.… This article

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Meta’s AI, built on ill-gotten content, can probably build a digital you 2025-04-10 at 10:32 By Mark Pesce Llama 4 Scout is just the right size to ingest a lifetime of Facebook and Insta posts In the last twelve months generative AI has transformed from a helpful and cheeky tool into something more worrying.… This

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AkiraBot Targets 420,000 Sites with OpenAI-Generated Spam, Bypassing CAPTCHA Protections 2025-04-10 at 10:30 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that’s used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as Akira and ServicewrapGO. “AkiraBot has targeted

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Crypto stocks see big gains alongside US stock market rebound 2025-04-10 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Crypto stocks have surged as part of a broader recovery in the US stock market on April 9 following President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on sweeping global tariffs. The Wednesday, April 9 trading day closed with Michael

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OpenSea urges SEC to exclude NFT marketplaces from regulator’s remit 2025-04-10 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Non-fungible token marketplace OpenSea has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to exclude NFT marketplaces from regulation under federal securities laws. The SEC needs to “clearly state that NFT marketplaces like OpenSea do not qualify as

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The Reg translates the letter in which Oracle kinda-sorta tells customers it was pwned 2025-04-10 at 09:19 By Iain Thomson TL;DR: Move along, still nothing to see here – an idea that leaves infosec pros aghast Oracle’s letter to customers about an intrusion into part of its public cloud empire – while insisting Oracle Cloud

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81.6% of XRP supply is in profit, but traders in Korea are turning bearish — Here is why 2025-04-10 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly XRP has struggled to find sustained bullish momentum since reaching its cycle peak at $3.40 on Jan. 16, 2025. XRP (XRP) dropped as much as 46% over the past

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Bitwise doubles down on $200K Bitcoin price prediction amid trade tension 2025-04-10 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Institutional crypto investment firm Bitwise has doubled down on its big Bitcoin price prediction for this year despite escalating global trade tensions. “In December, Bitwise predicted that Bitcoin would end the year at $200,000. I still

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3 reasons why Ethereum price keeps falling 2025-04-10 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Ether’s (ETH) most recent sell-off saw it lose the crucial $1,500 support level, and a number of technical indicators suggest that ETH may witness a deeper correction before embarking on a sustained recovery. Data shows Ether’s price dropped below its

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Security leaders respond to the dismissal of NSA director 2025-04-10 at 08:20 By Security leaders share their thoughts on the NSA director dismissal, providing insights as to why it may have occurred. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Magic Eden acquires crypto trading app Slingshot to move beyond NFTs 2025-04-10 at 08:07 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Solana non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden has acquired crypto trading app Slingshot as part of a strategy to expand beyond NFTs as other marketplaces fold amid a prolonged market downturn. The move expands Magic Eden’s

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SafeMoon boss cites DOJ’s nixed crypto unit in latest bid to toss suit 2025-04-10 at 08:07 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Braden John Karony, the CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon, has cited the US Department of Justice’s directive to no longer pursue some crypto charges in an effort to get the case against him and

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Fear of tariffs made the PC market great again in Q1 as vendors emptied factories to dodge price hikes 2025-04-10 at 07:56 By Simon Sharwood Expected sales surge sparked by Windows 10 support ending could yet be trumped, analysts suggest The first quarter of 2025 saw shipments of new PCs surge, as vendors and buyers

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Recognizing and Relying on Assets: Security in Higher Education 2025-04-10 at 07:16 By Ensuring campus safety is a complex effort, and security leaders can’t carry it all on their shoulders. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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