May 2025

DarkWatchman, Sheriff Malware Hit Russia and Ukraine with Stealth and Nation-Grade Tactics 2025-05-01 at 13:32 By Russian companies have been targeted as part of a large-scale phishing campaign that’s designed to deliver a known malware called DarkWatchman. Targets of the attacks include entities in the media, tourism, finance and insurance, manufacturing, retail, energy, telecom, transport, […]

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Data watchdog will leave British Library alone – further probes ‘not worth our time’ 2025-05-01 at 13:17 By Connor Jones No MFA? No problem – as long as you show you’ve learned your lesson The UK’s data protection overlord is not going to pursue any further investigation into the British Library’s 2023 ransomware attack.… This

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Bitcoin eyes gains as macro data makes US recession 2025 ‘base case’ 2025-05-01 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin traders wait for signals of US economic policy loosening as data forces the Federal Reserve into a corner. Recession is more likely than not, sources say, amid rising unemployment and resurgent inflation.

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Restaking can make DeFi more secure for institutional traders 2025-05-01 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amitej Gajjala Opinion by: Amitej Gajjala, co-founder and CEO of Kernel DAO The restaking narrative has moved fast — from side conversations in validator circles to the forefront of DeFi infrastructure discussions. It’s not hard to see why. DefiLlama states

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AI software development: Productivity revolution or fraught with risk? 2025-05-01 at 12:33 By Tim Anderson We look at the state of AI software development – it’s not going away, but risks abound Analysis  AI in software development has evolved rapidly since GitHub Copilot caught the world’s attention with its June 2021 preview – and shows

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Metaplanet to open US arm, plans to raise $250M for Bitcoin strategy 2025-05-01 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Metaplanet — a Japanese company focused on accumulating Bitcoin — announced it will launch a United States-based subsidiary. In a May 1 X post, Metaplanet announced that the firm is launching a wholly owned subsidiary

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Ethena partners with TON to offer USDe to one billion Telegram users 2025-05-01 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Decentralized stablecoin platform Ethena has partnered with The Open Network (TON) to make its stablecoins available to Telegram’s user base of over one billion people. The partnership, announced on May 1 at Token2049 in Dubai,

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HMRC’s Making Tax Digital scheme also made tax more expensive – by £300M 2025-05-01 at 11:48 By Lindsay Clark Watchdog says transformation effort added costs instead of savings for most businesses The UK tax authority’s push to digitize services has backfired, saddling taxpayers with hundreds of millions in extra costs, according to a report by

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Commvault Confirms Hackers Exploited CVE-2025-3928 as Zero-Day in Azure Breach 2025-05-01 at 11:48 By Enterprise data backup platform Commvault has revealed that an unknown nation-state threat actor breached its Microsoft Azure environment by exploiting CVE-2025-3928 but emphasized there is no evidence of unauthorized data access. “This activity has affected a small number of customers we

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‘Bad breach of ethics’ — Musk echoes crypto execs in backlash against WSJ 2025-05-01 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lashed out at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), calling the publication’s latest report “an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS,” after it claimed the Tesla board was actively seeking his

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Microsoft tries to kill the ‘pausing datacenter builds must be bad news for AI’ trope 2025-05-01 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood Sees economic strife as chance to sell even more stuff than its $70bn Q3 haul Microsoft’s capital expenditure was slightly lower than forecast, in part due to “normal variability from the timing of delivery

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Strategy ends April up 32% in best month since November as Q1 earnings loom 2025-05-01 at 10:10 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Key takeaways: Strategy’s stock rose 32% in April, its biggest monthly gain since November. Speculation is building that Strategy will announce a major capital raise during its Q1 earnings call on May 1

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Sam Altman’s eye-scanning crypto project World launches in US 2025-05-01 at 10:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s crypto-tied digital identity project World, formerly Worldcoin, has made its US debut in six cities.  The project, which aims to verify humans in the age of artificial intelligence, is initially coming to what it

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SonicWall Confirms Active Exploitation of Flaws Affecting Multiple Appliance Models 2025-05-01 at 10:09 By SonicWall has revealed that two now-patched security flaws impacting its SMA100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2023-44221 (CVSS score: 7.2) – Improper neutralization of special elements in

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