May 2025

Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware 2025-05-08 at 10:00 By The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures. “LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and […]

Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows 2025-05-08 at 09:55 By Thomas Claburn Ubuntu 25.10 fitted with Rust-written admin tool by default for memory safety’s sake Canonical’s Ubuntu 25.10 is set to make sudo-rs, a Rust-based rework of the classic sudo utility, the default – part of a push to cut memory-related security

G7 summit could discuss North Korea’s crypto hacks: Report 2025-05-08 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Group of Seven (G7) leaders could discuss North Korea’s escalating cyberattacks and crypto thefts at an upcoming summit in Canada, mid-next month. Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza will dominate discussions, but North Korea’s increasing cyber threats and crypto

Bitcoin nears $100K as Trump set to reveal trade deal with UK 2025-05-08 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoiners expect Bitcoin to soon break past $100,000 and potentially hit a new all-time high as US President Donald Trump is set to announce a trade deal with the UK. Trump said in a May

Texas House committee passes Bitcoin reserve bill for full floor vote 2025-05-08 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Texas House Committee has passed a Republican-backed bill to create a Bitcoin reserve, which now only needs a successful full floor vote before heading to the governor’s desk. The Texas House Committee on Delivery of

Cisco Patches CVE-2025-20188 (10.0 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT 2025-05-08 at 09:03 By Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188,

New Campaign Targets HR Departments With False Resumes 2025-05-08 at 08:06 By A recent campaign driven by Venom Spider, a financially-motivated threat group, is using spear-phishing emails to target hiring managers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Bitcoin returns to $98K as Fed holds rates steady despite Trump’s demand 2025-05-08 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin has reclaimed $98,000 for the first time in almost three months after the US Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates the same for another month. The Fed’s decision to keep interest rates

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific posts $580M Q1 profit but misses revenue estimates 2025-05-08 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific Inc. posted a net profit of $580 million with its first quarter results, but missed analyst revenue estimates after a drop in its mining profits. Core Scientific’s Q1 2025

Arizona governor signs law for state to keep unclaimed crypto 2025-05-08 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed a bill into law allowing the US state to keep unclaimed crypto and establish a “Bitcoin Reserve Fund” that won’t use any taxpayer money or state funds. Hobbs signed House Bill

Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus 2025-05-08 at 05:50 By Tobias Mann Newly completed substation will help bear the load Elon Musk’s xAI is removing about half of the temporary gas-turbine generators powering its Colossus AI datacenter over the next two months, according to the Memphis Chamber of

Binance founder CZ asked Trump to pardon money laundering conviction 2025-05-08 at 04:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Binance founder and convicted felon Changpeng Zhao says that he applied for a pardon from US President Donald Trump shortly after denying reports that he was seeking one. Zhao, also known as CZ, said on a Farokh

PowerSchool paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Crooks may have lied 2025-05-08 at 03:47 By Iain Thomson Now individual school districts extorted by fiends An education tech provider that paid a ransom to prevent the leak of stolen student and teacher data is now watching its school district customers get individually extorted by

After that 2024 Windows fiasco, CrowdStrike has a plan – jobs cuts, leaning on AI 2025-05-08 at 02:35 By Thomas Claburn CEO: Neural net tech ‘flattens our hiring curve, helps us innovate’ CrowdStrike – the Texas antivirus slinger famous for crashing millions of Windows machines last year – plans to cut five percent of its

India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor and spy 2025-05-08 at 02:23 By Simon Sharwood Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity India’s telecom regulator has signaled it’s ready to let Starlink and other satellite-broadband providers operate – but only if they agree to strict