June 2025

U.S. House Bans WhatsApp on Official Devices Over Security and Data Protection Issues 2025-06-24 at 12:45 By The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices, citing security concerns. The development was first reported by Axios. The decision, according to the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), was

APT28 Uses Signal Chat to Deploy BEARDSHELL Malware and COVENANT in Ukraine 2025-06-24 at 12:45 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new cyber attack campaign by the Russia-linked APT28 (aka UAC-0001) threat actors using Signal chat messages to deliver two new malware families dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT. BEARDSHELL,

Hardware wallet Ledger launches offline recovery key for new wallets 2025-06-24 at 12:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Unlike Ledger’s previously released key recovery product, Ledger Recover, the new Ledger Recovery Key is always offline and doesn’t require identification. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur 2025-06-24 at 11:34 By Liam Proven Split your shell for fun and profit – even over remote connections Friday FOSS Fest  All the fun of a tiling window manager right on the console, without needing a GUI at all. What’s not to like?… This article is an excerpt

Celestia founder dismisses FUD, cites $100M war chest amid backlash 2025-06-24 at 11:03 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Celestia co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam says the team remains fully committed despite community outrage over alleged insider dumping and a 95% token drawdown. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

China’s trying to slim down, which will fatten the smartwatch market 2025-06-24 at 10:51 By Simon Sharwood Sales are already surging thanks to Beijing’s subsidies and Trump’s tariffs China recently launched an initiative to reduce the incidence of obesity in the country, a move analyst firm IDC thinks will fatten the market for smartwatches and

Who is Arthur Britto, the Ripple ‘ghost’ who just broke 14 years of silence? 2025-06-24 at 10:09 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Arthur Britto, elusive co-creator of the XRP Ledger and co-founder of Ripple Labs, made the first-ever public post on his 14-year-old X account. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

$4B family office VMS Group to begin investing in crypto: Report 2025-06-24 at 10:09 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan VMS Group is looking to invest up to $10 million with Re7 Capital strategies, as it hopes to diversify into more liquid investments, according to managing partner Elton Cheung. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

Beware: SparkKitty malware wants your seed phrase screenshots 2025-06-24 at 10:09 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Kaspersky says the malware SparkKitty has been around since at least early 2024, and is likely connected to a similar type of malicious software dubbed SparkCat. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do 2025-06-24 at 09:49 By Simon Sharwood Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras Lenovo has released the first Chromebook Plus packing MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra, the system-on-chip that includes a 50 TOPS neural processing unit, and at first glance it looks speedy and includes

‘Psylo’ browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving very tab its own IP address 2025-06-24 at 09:35 By Thomas Claburn Gotta keep ’em separated so the marketers and snoops can’t come out and play Psylo, which bills itself as a new kind of private web browser, debuted last Tuesday in Apple’s App Store, one

PR in the Crosshairs: Why Hackers Target Your Comms Channels 2025-06-24 at 08:16 By Hackers are no longer just targeting financial systems or customer databases. They’re going straight for the heart of brand reputation. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Fed cuts ‘reputational risk’ scrutiny used to ‘assassinate’ crypto firms 2025-06-24 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Under Operation Chokepoint 2.0, more than 30 technology and crypto companies were denied banking services in the US after the collapse of crypto-friendly banks in 2023. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source