July 2025

State-Backed HazyBeacon Malware Uses AWS Lambda to Steal Data from SE Asian Governments 2025-07-15 at 14:48 By Governmental organizations in Southeast Asia are the target of a new campaign that aims to collect sensitive information by means of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor dubbed HazyBeacon. The activity is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit […]

Securing Agentic AI: How to Protect the Invisible Identity Access 2025-07-15 at 14:48 By AI agents promise to automate everything from financial reconciliations to incident response. Yet every time an AI agent spins up a workflow, it has to authenticate somewhere; often with a high-privilege API key, OAuth token, or service account that defenders can’t

AsyncRAT’s Open-Source Code Sparks Surge in Dangerous Malware Variants Across the Globe 2025-07-15 at 14:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of a widely used remote access trojan called AsyncRAT, which was first released on GitHub in January 2019 and has since served as the foundation for several other variants. “AsyncRAT has cemented its

MARA follows Saylor’s playbook with Two Prime deal, BTC allocation grows 2025-07-15 at 14:17 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi MARA Holdings has acquired an equity stake in Two Prime, which includes an allocation of 2,000 BTC for its yield strategy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Debunked: Pump.fun’s $500M presale funds are not locked 2025-07-15 at 14:17 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Spreading claims that Pump.fun’s $500 million presale tokens are locked due to a missing withdrawal function are false. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum DeFi connects to TON and Telegram with Tac mainnet launch 2025-07-15 at 14:17 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Telegram is opening up to Ethereum DeFi with the mainnet launch of Tac, a layer-1 network designed to connect EVM DApps to TON and Telegram ecosystems. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Former Google DeepMind engineer says other AI agents are doing it wrong 2025-07-15 at 14:17 By Thomas Claburn Simular is starting with industries like insurance and healthcare with tons of forms to fill When Ang Li, co-founder of agent software biz Simular, started working at Google DeepMind in 2017, software engineers at the search giant

CIOs pause net-new IT investments as global tariff jitters bite 2025-07-15 at 13:34 By Lindsay Clark Uncertainty to blame as businesses wait to see what US Prez Trump does next World War Fee  Gartner has trimmed its growth forecast for worldwide IT spending in 2025 as an “uncertainty pause” hits net new spending, caused in

Bitcoin speculators’ record cost basis boosts $100K support as BTC dives 2025-07-15 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin now has added support at the $100,000 mark as a mass profit-taking takes over speculators, whales and “diamond hands” alike. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

HAMR time: Seagate unleashes 30 TB disks to feed the AI beast 2025-07-15 at 12:51 By Dan Robinson Exos and IronWolf drives show spinning rust isn’t going anywhere Seagate has released two 30 TB hard drives based on its HAMR technology, pitching them as more energy efficient cheaper options for datacenter operators dealing with AI

Bitcoin price drop to $114K possible as BTC whales take profits 2025-07-15 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin is at risk of a deeper correction to fill the CME futures gap down to $114,000, fueled by profit-taking from whales. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

South Korean court clears Wemade ex-CEO in Wemix manipulation case 2025-07-15 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra After nearly a year of legal proceedings, a South Korean court acquitted former Wemade CEO Jang Hyun-guk of market manipulation charges. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Britain’s billion-pound F-35s not quite ready for, well, anything 2025-07-15 at 11:48 By Dan Robinson Stealth jets can’t fight, can’t fly much, and can’t shoot UK missiles, says NAO The F-35 stealth fighter is not meeting its potential in British service because of availability issues, a shortage of support personnel, and delays in integrating key

North Korean Hackers Flood npm Registry with XORIndex Malware in Ongoing Attack Campaign 2025-07-15 at 11:16 By The North Korean threat actors linked to the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed publishing another set of 67 malicious packages to the npm registry, underscoring ongoing attempts to poison the open-source ecosystem via software supply chain attacks.

Standard Chartered launches Bitcoin and Ether trading for institutions 2025-07-15 at 11:03 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz After rolling out Bitcoin and Ether spot trading, Standard Chartered plans to soon introduce crypto derivatives for institutional investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Arcadia Finance exploited, $2.5M stolen and converted to WETH 2025-07-15 at 11:03 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Arcadia Finance’s Rebalancer contract was exploited for $2.5 million in USDC and USDS on the Base blockchain, with stolen assets swapped to WETH. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source