August 2025

Take a Look Inside: Managing and Mitigating Insider Risk 2025-08-22 at 07:05 By A former Chief Privacy Officer to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shares insights on managing insider risk. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

CFTC launches second ‘Crypto Sprint’ to advance White House push 2025-08-22 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The CFTC is seeking public input on how it can more effectively regulate spot crypto trading as part of its second “crypto sprint” initiative to advance the White House’s crypto agenda. This article is an excerpt from

Bank reverses decision to replace 45 customer service staff with AI chatbot 2025-08-22 at 06:01 By Simon Sharwood Also fired another AI – GitHub Copilot – after it produced ‘mixed results in utilisation and efficacy’ Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has decided not to fire 45 workers it planned to replace with an AI chatbot.… This article

Apple TV+ hikes monthly subscription price for Apple users 2025-08-22 at 05:01 By Fox Business Apple has increased the monthly subscription of Apple TV+ by $3, which is the first price increase the company has done since October 2023. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post

Australia busted 14K scams since 2023 — 21% touted fake crypto 2025-08-22 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has now beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

DeepSeek’s new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon 2025-08-22 at 04:46 By Tobias Mann Point release retuned with new FP8 datatype for better compatibility with homegrown silicon Chinese AI darling DeepSeek unveiled an update to its flagship large language model that the company claims is already optimized for use with a

Developer jailed for taking down employer’s network with kill switch malware 2025-08-22 at 03:32 By Iain Thomson Pro tip: When taking revenge, don’t use your real name A US court sentenced a former developer at power management biz Eaton to four years in prison after he installed malware on the company’s servers.… This article is

Bitcoiner loses $91M in social engineering attack: ZachXBT 2025-08-22 at 03:09 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Bitcoiner fell victim to a social engineering attack after being approached by impostors posing as hardware wallet support, losing 783 BTC worth $91 million. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason 2025-08-22 at 02:57 By Thomas Claburn Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right? Anthropic says it has scanned an undisclosed portion of conversations with its Claude AI model to catch concerning inquiries about nuclear weapons.… This article

Altcoin treasury race: VERB TON acquisition company announces $780M in assets 2025-08-22 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Public companies continue to diversify into altcoins, but with mixed effects on share prices and mixed reception from investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Pennsylvania state lawmaker proposes ban on public officials trading crypto 2025-08-22 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The bill pushed by the representative included a ban on lawmakers and their families from “launching, promoting, or trading in coins where they hold a personal financial interest.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Ethena crosses $500M in cumulative revenue as synthetic stablecoins gain ground 2025-08-22 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino While the overall stablecoin market is up 4% in August, some synthetic stablecoins, such as Sky Dollar and Falcon USD, have had even more substantial gains. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Microsoft reportedly cuts China’s early access to bug disclosures, PoC exploit code 2025-08-22 at 02:03 By Jessica Lyons Better late than never after SharePoint assault? Microsoft has reportedly stopped giving Chinese companies proof-of-concept exploit code for soon-to-be-disclosed vulnerabilities following last month’s SharePoint zero-day attacks, which appear to be related to a leak in Redmond’s early-bug-notification

ChatGPT users mourn their AI lovers after a big tech update destroys them: ‘My heart is broken into pieces’ 2025-08-22 at 01:43 By Marissa Matozzo Love in the time of AI just got a brutal update.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

‘Impersonation as a service’ the next big thing in cybercrime 2025-08-22 at 01:19 By Jessica Lyons Underground forums now recruiting English-speaking social engineers English speakers adept at social engineering are a hot commodity in the cybercrime job market.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned 2025-08-22 at 00:33 By Thomas Claburn Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection Security researchers with Trail of Bits have found that Google Gemini CLI and other production AI systems can be deceived by image scaling attacks, a well-known adversarial challenge for machine learning

US OCC terminates 2022 order targeting Anchorage Digital over AML 2025-08-22 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The financial regulator said the bank’s “compliance with laws and regulations does not require the continued existence of the order,” first issued in April 2022. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin’s $13.8B options expiry puts bulls on edge ahead of key test 2025-08-22 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin’s options expiry and tech-sector pressures will determine if the bull run truly ended or just took a pause. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

US DOJ official signals department opposes retrial for Roman Storm 2025-08-21 at 23:08 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Though a Justice Department official did not mention the Tornado Cash developer by name, he made many general references to enforcement cases involving similar allegations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source