August 2025

In Other News: Critical Zoom Flaw, City’s Water Threatened by Hack, $330 Billion OT Cyber Risk

In Other News: Critical Zoom Flaw, City’s Water Threatened by Hack, $330 Billion OT Cyber Risk 2025-08-15 at 15:51 By SecurityWeek News Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Canada’s House of Commons hacked, Russia behind court system attack, Pennsylvania AG targeted in cyberattack. The post In Other News: Critical Zoom Flaw, […]

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Bitcoin miners and AI firms compete for cheap sustainable energy

Bitcoin miners and AI firms compete for cheap sustainable energy 2025-08-15 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin miners face rising competition from AI data centers for cheap energy, potentially driving a new wave of institutional investment, according to GoMining exec Jeremy Dreier. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline

Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline 2025-08-15 at 14:59 By Connor Jones Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters? The lingering effects of a cyberattack on the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands are preventing it from reactivating speed cameras across the country.… This article is an excerpt

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U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions

U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions 2025-08-15 at 14:58 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing more than $100 million in transactions linked to

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Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI?

Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI? 2025-08-15 at 14:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Or, more? Eventually, AI companies will stop selling their services as a loss leader, and then the AI “cost-savings” will disappear like dew on a hot summer morning Bosses throughout the world love the idea of

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Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline

Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline 2025-08-15 at 13:31 By Connor Jones London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as ‘protective measure’ following breach Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident” is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a number of days.…

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Hong Kong issues strict new crypto custody rules for cold wallets

Hong Kong issues strict new crypto custody rules for cold wallets 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Hong Kong has introduced strict crypto custody rules, banning smart contracts for cold wallets and tightening security standards for custodians. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Spot Ether ETFs rack up $3B in August as ETH hits yearly high

Spot Ether ETFs rack up $3B in August as ETH hits yearly high 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Spot Ether ETFs are set to record their strongest weekly performance ever, with inflows already surpassing $2.9 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Tight Cybersecurity Budgets Accelerate the Shift to AI-Driven Defense

Tight Cybersecurity Budgets Accelerate the Shift to AI-Driven Defense 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Kevin Townsend With cybersecurity budgets strained, organizations are turning to AI-powered automation to plug staffing gaps, maintain defenses, and survive escalating threats. The post Tight Cybersecurity Budgets Accelerate the Shift to AI-Driven Defense appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Google Says Android pKVM Earns Highest Level of Security Assurance

Google Says Android pKVM Earns Highest Level of Security Assurance 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Eduard Kovacs Android pKVM has achieved SESIP Level 5 certification, which means it’s resistant to highly skilled, motivated, and funded attackers. The post Google Says Android pKVM Earns Highest Level of Security Assurance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Critical Flaws Patched in Rockwell FactoryTalk, Micro800, ControlLogix Products

Critical Flaws Patched in Rockwell FactoryTalk, Micro800, ControlLogix Products 2025-08-15 at 11:47 By Eduard Kovacs Rockwell Automation has published several advisories describing critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its products. The post Critical Flaws Patched in Rockwell FactoryTalk, Micro800, ControlLogix Products appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins

LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins 2025-08-15 at 11:37 By Paul Kunert System prompt engineering turns benign AI assistants into ‘investigator’ and ‘detective’ roles that bypass privacy guardrails A team of boffins is warning that AI chatbots built on large language models (LLM) can be tuned into malicious agents to autonomously

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Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Firewall Management Platform

Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Firewall Management Platform 2025-08-15 at 10:48 By Eduard Kovacs Cisco has released over 20 advisories as part of its August 2025 bundled publication for ASA, FMC and FTD products. The post Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Firewall Management Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Cisco Warns of CVSS 10.0 FMC RADIUS Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution

Cisco Warns of CVSS 10.0 FMC RADIUS Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution 2025-08-15 at 10:48 By Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity security flaw in Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-20265 (CVSS score:

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New York lawmaker wants to tax crypto sales and transfers

New York lawmaker wants to tax crypto sales and transfers 2025-08-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan New York Assemblymember Phil Steck introduced a bill that would see the state tax the sale and transfer of crypto assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Garantex had ‘contingency plans’ last time authorities tried to shut it down

Garantex had ‘contingency plans’ last time authorities tried to shut it down 2025-08-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The US government redesignated Garantex on Thursday to its list of sanctioned entities, along with its successor, Grinex, but TRM Labs suggests it may be ineffective. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

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Should UK.gov save money by looking for open source alternatives to Microsoft? You decide

Should UK.gov save money by looking for open source alternatives to Microsoft? You decide 2025-08-15 at 09:47 By Lindsay Clark As £9 billion MoU sparks debate about value for money, it’s time to have your say Register debate series  It’s a lot of money, £9 billion ($12 billion). Especially for a government which finds itself

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