September 2025

Dev snared in crypto phishing net, 18 npm packages compromised 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Thomas Claburn Popular npm packages debug, chalk, and others hijacked in massive supply chain attack Crims have added backdoors to at least 18 npm packages after developer Josh Junon inadvertently authorized a reset of the two-factor authentication protecting his npm account.… […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta stifled research on sickos using VR to target kids, whistleblowers claim 2025-09-08 at 21:35 By Thomas Barrabi Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta stifled internal research into the alarming safety risks of its “Horizon Worlds” virtual reality app – including a specific claim that sickos had “sexually propositioned” a kid younger than 10. This article

AI chip startup d-Matrix aspires to rack scale with JetStream I/O cards 2025-09-08 at 21:35 By Tobias Mann Who needs HBM when you can juggle SRAM speed and LPDDR bulk across racks AI chip startup d-Matrix is pushing into rack scale with the introduction of its JetStream I/O cards, which are designed to allow larger

Ex-Celsius CEO set to start 12-year prison sentence this week 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Alex Mashinsky pleaded guilty to two felony counts in December, admitting in court to making false statements about the platform’s Earn Program. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Why your money buys less every year 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli From Bretton Woods to Bitcoin, a new Cointelegraph video unpacks why currencies lose value — and what it means for your savings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Salt Typhoon used dozens of domains, going back five years. Did you visit one? 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Jessica Lyons Plus ties to the Chinese spies who hacked Barracuda email gateways Security researchers have uncovered dozens of domains used by Chinese espionage crew Salt Typhoon to gain stealthy, long-term access to victim organizations going back

Tesla market share in US drops to lowest since 2017 as Elon Musk pivots to robotaxis 2025-09-08 at 20:41 By Reuters While other automakers are rolling out new EVs, Tesla has turned its focus to building robotaxis and humanoid robots, delaying and canceling plans for cheaper electric vehicle models. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

Crypto ETFs log outflows as Ether funds shed $912M: Report 2025-09-08 at 20:27 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Despite signs of cooling demand, crypto inflows in 2025 are outpacing last year’s, indicating that “sentiment is intact,” according to CoinShares. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Microsoft hits pause on Copilot … in SQL Server Management Studio 2025-09-08 at 19:47 By Richard Speed Only a temporary reprieve until GitHub Copilot integration is up and running Microsoft’s policy of inserting Copilot into every corner of its portfolio is on brief hiatus, at least in the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio

GitHub Account Compromise Led to Salesloft Drift Breach Affecting 22 Companies 2025-09-08 at 19:47 By Salesloft has revealed that the data breach linked to its Drift application started with the compromise of its GitHub account. Google-owned Mandiant, which began an investigation into the incident, said the threat actor, tracked as UNC6395, accessed the Salesloft GitHub

Why is Ethereum price failing to break $4.5K? 2025-09-08 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale The absence of new buyers, weak spot Ethereum inflows and declining network activity have put ETH price at risk of dropping to $3,500. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Perplexity wants to get discounted AI products into the US government too 2025-09-08 at 19:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo $0.25-per-agency deal not finalized, and no FedRAMP approval either – so don’t get excited Perplexity has entered the race to inject AI into the federal government with a new public sector version of its AI search engine,

Why It’s Time to Shift to Preemptive Exposure Management 2025-09-08 at 19:03 By Security teams must move beyond proactive approaches built on periodic assessments, patch cycles and vulnerability scans — and adopt a preemptive stance that shuts down threats before exploitation occurs. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View

GPUGate Malware Uses Google Ads and Fake GitHub Commits to Target IT Firms 2025-09-08 at 18:15 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new sophisticated malware campaign that leverages paid ads on search engines like Google to deliver malware to unsuspecting users looking for popular tools like GitHub Desktop. While malvertising campaigns have become commonplace in

Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off 2025-09-08 at 18:06 By Richard Speed Package queues jammed until Monday despite brief downtime When is an outage not an outage? According to Canonical’s forum, it’s when a 36-minute server disruption creates a multi-day backlog that leaves users unable to install or update Ubuntu systems.…

French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF 2025-09-08 at 17:16 By Dan Robinson Data4 to secure 40 MW of atomic juice as part of long-term low-carbon strategy The datacenter industry’s unquenchable thirst for nuclear energy has seen French bit barn operator Data4 sign a 12 year supply deal with EDF.… This article is

MoonPay and others rival Stripe in race to issue Hyperliquid USDH stablecoin 2025-09-08 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski MoonPay, Agora, Paxos, Frax and others are challenging Stripe’s Bridge proposal to issue Hyperliquid’s USDH stablecoin, pushing for community rewards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Back to school: Teachers adopt new methods to tackle AI 2025-09-08 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Professors and teachers are meeting the challenge of AI in the classroom by changing their methods. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source