August 2025

Trump to order probe of crypto and political debanking claims: WSJ

Trump to order probe of crypto and political debanking claims: WSJ 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The White House may issue an executive order directing bank regulators to investigate debanking claims by crypto execs and conservatives, the WSJ reported. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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SEC’s Peirce defends transaction privacy as Tornado Cash verdict looms

SEC’s Peirce defends transaction privacy as Tornado Cash verdict looms 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said developers of open-source privacy software should not have to answer for the actions of others using their software. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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From Coinbase to Milei and LIBRA: Crypto class-action suits pile up

From Coinbase to Milei and LIBRA: Crypto class-action suits pile up 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Class-action lawsuits against crypto-related firms are building up, with cases facing major firms such as Bakkt and Coinbase. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Lyft and Baidu plan Eurobocab launch, starting in UK and Germany next year

Lyft and Baidu plan Eurobocab launch, starting in UK and Germany next year 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Simon Sharwood Using the Apollo vehicles that already offer autonomous rides across China Rideshare challenger Lyft and China’s Baidu plan to bring robo-cabs to the UK and Europe next year.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI

Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aayush Choudhury, CEO at Scrut Automation, discusses why many security tools built for large enterprises don’t work well for leaner, cloud-native teams. He explains how simplicity, integration, and automation are key for

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BloodHound 8.0 debuts with major upgrades in attack path management

BloodHound 8.0 debuts with major upgrades in attack path management 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Help Net Security SpecterOps has released BloodHound 8.0, the latest iteration of its open-source attack path management platform, featuring major enhancements and expanded capabilities. BloodHound OpenGraph The release introduces BloodHound OpenGraph, a major advancement in identity attack path management that uncovers

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SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported

SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported 2025-08-05 at 09:47 By SonicWall said it’s actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware actors in late July 2025. “Over the past 72 hours, there has been a notable increase in

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Ether-stacking BitMine crosses $3B milestone as ETH rallies 6%

Ether-stacking BitMine crosses $3B milestone as ETH rallies 6% 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea ETH rallied nearly 6% on Monday as BitMine reported another massive purchase of 208,137 ETH, boosting the total value of its ETH holdings above $3 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Saylor’s Strategy has doubled its Bitcoin stash since Trump’s election

Saylor’s Strategy has doubled its Bitcoin stash since Trump’s election 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Strategy has amassed 60% of its total holdings since Trump’s election, with its third-largest dollar-value purchase last week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Amazon’s Kuiper satellite broadband to offer commercial services from mid-2026

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite broadband to offer commercial services from mid-2026 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Simon Sharwood We know this because it just won a big client – Australia – which says that’s when it will start selling connections Amazon’s Project Kuiper space broadband service will be ready for commercial services “from the middle of 2026”

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Your employees uploaded over a gig of files to GenAI tools last quarter

Your employees uploaded over a gig of files to GenAI tools last quarter 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Help Net Security In Q2 2025, Harmonic reviewed 1 million GenAI prompts and 20,000 uploaded files across more than 300 GenAI and AI-powered SaaS apps, and the findings confirm that sensitive data is being exposed through GenAI tools,

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Back to basics webinar: The ecosystem of CIS Security best practices

Back to basics webinar: The ecosystem of CIS Security best practices 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Help Net Security Generative AI models, multi-cloud strategies, Internet of Things devices, third-party suppliers, and a growing list of regulatory compliance obligations all require the same security response: come together as a community to prioritize the basics. Watch this on-demand

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Ransomware groups shift to quadruple extortion to maximize pressure

Ransomware groups shift to quadruple extortion to maximize pressure 2025-08-05 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Threat actors are using a new quadruple extortion tactic in ransomware campaigns, while double extortion remains the most common approach, according to Akamai. Ransomware extortion tactics (Source: Akamai) The emerging trend of quadruple extortion includes using DDoS attacks to

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CFTC pressured to probe nominee Brian Quintenz over ties to Kalshi

CFTC pressured to probe nominee Brian Quintenz over ties to Kalshi 2025-08-05 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US Representative Dina Titus has asked the CFTC to investigate Brian Quintenz, Donald Trump’s pick to run the agency, over his ties to Kalshi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 5, 2025

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 5, 2025 2025-08-05 at 07:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec CW – OT Security Officer SSE | United Kingdom | On-site – View job details As a CW – OT Security Officer, you will lead and prioritise a programme of security audits and assurance to identify vulnerabilities within existing controls. You

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Trump Bitcoin adviser David Bailey wants to create a $200M PAC

Trump Bitcoin adviser David Bailey wants to create a $200M PAC 2025-08-05 at 06:19 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A key priority of the proposed PAC would be to send the Bitcoin price to $10 million, according to Bailey, and positioning “for the long term.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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Foxconn says EV sales are so slow it’s converting a factory to build AI servers instead

Foxconn says EV sales are so slow it’s converting a factory to build AI servers instead 2025-08-05 at 05:37 By Simon Sharwood Cites low demand and overcapacity for electric cars on the same day Tesla gives Elon Musk $29 billion for similar reasons Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has sold its US electric vehicle factory

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Jim Acosta ‘interviews’ AI-generated avatar of deceased teenager promoting gun control message

Jim Acosta ‘interviews’ AI-generated avatar of deceased teenager promoting gun control message 2025-08-05 at 04:08 By Fox News Liberal journalist Jim Acosta “interviewed” the artificially animated avatar of deceased teenager Joaquin Oliver to promote a gun control message on Monday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

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CFTC seeks to allow spot crypto trading on registered exchanges

CFTC seeks to allow spot crypto trading on registered exchanges 2025-08-05 at 03:46 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The CFTC is seeking feedback on how to more effectively regulate spot crypto trading as it moves to implement recommendations from the Trump administration. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor

Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor 2025-08-05 at 03:46 By Iain Thomson ‘Plague’ malware has been around for months without tripping alarms Researchers at German infosec services company Nextron Threat have spotted malware that creates a highly-persistent Linux backdoor and say antivirus engines do not flag the code as malicious.… This

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