August 2025

HOOK Android Trojan Adds Ransomware Overlays, Expands to 107 Remote Commands 2025-08-26 at 13:08 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay screens to display extortion messages. “A prominent characteristic of the latest variant is its capacity to deploy a full-screen ransomware overlay, which […]

Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline 2025-08-26 at 12:54 By Connor Jones Phone lines also down as officials rely on social media to issue updates The state of Nevada is now two days into a cyberattack that has brought down many of its digital services.… This article is an excerpt from

CertiK predicts ‘endless war’ with crypto hackers after $2.5B stolen 2025-08-26 at 12:17 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Ever-evolving cybersecurity efforts are forcing hackers to seek out weak links among human vulnerabilities to fuel an ‘endless war,’ CertiK co-founder said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

One long sentence is all it takes to make LLMs misbehave 2025-08-26 at 12:17 By Gareth Halfacree Chatbots ignore their guardrails when your grammar sucks, researchers find Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered the key to getting large language model (LLM) chatbots to ignore their guardrails, and it’s quite simple.… This

Malware-ridden apps made it into Google’s Play Store, scored 19 million downloads 2025-08-26 at 10:47 By Iain Thomson Everything’s fine, the ad slinger assures us Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s security scans.… This article is

Google to Verify All Android Developers in 4 Countries to Block Malicious Apps 2025-08-26 at 10:00 By Google has announced plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even for those who distribute their software outside the Play Store. “Android will require all apps to be registered by verified

CISA Adds Three Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Affecting Citrix and Git 2025-08-26 at 10:00 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws impacting Citrix Session Recording and Git to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as

Two wrongs don’t make a copyright 2025-08-26 at 09:33 By Rupert Goodwins What the Dickens is going on in Germany? Opinion  Let’s talk law and let’s talk donkey. Or. in the British vernacular, ass. In particular, let’s go back to Charles Dickens, a pungent critic of the law, who had one of his characters in

Robinhood, Strategy shares dip as they miss out on S&P 500 inclusion 2025-08-26 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Robinhood and Strategy both saw their stock prices sink as they were looked over for inclusion on the S&P 500, which went to Interactive Brokers Group. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Gemini surpasses Coinbase on app store charts after XRP Mastercard launch 2025-08-26 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Gemini has overtaken Coinbase on the US Apple App Store’s finance category, even though Coinbase reports much higher trading volumes. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UAE reportedly holds $700M in mined Bitcoin: Arkham 2025-08-26 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte UAE’s holdings were previously speculated to be as much as 420,000 Bitcoin from sources such as criminal seizures. The new figures are far less impressive. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Cloudy weather delays SpaceX Starship’s latest launch to overcome testing troubles 2025-08-26 at 08:17 By Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket due to cloudy weather in Texas on Monday, another slight delay in its efforts to overcome development setbacks and achieve several long-sought milestones essential to the Mars rocket

Trump threatens extra tariffs, tech export bans, for any nation that dares to regulate Big Tech 2025-08-26 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Poor defenseless tech companies need help despite massive profits, low tax bills, and monopoly positions +COMMENT  US president Donald Trump has threatened to impose extra tariffs on imports from any nation that dares

Altseason won’t start until more crypto ETFs launch: Bitfinex 2025-08-26 at 07:18 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons While most look at historical patterns and Bitcoin dominance, Bitfinex analysts say that the start of an altcoin season may hinge on the launch of crypto ETFs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source