December 2025

WatchGuard Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Fireware OS VPN Vulnerability 2025-12-19 at 13:49 By WatchGuard has released fixes to address a critical security flaw in Fireware OS that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2025-14733 (CVSS score: 9.3), the vulnerability has been described as a case of out-of-bounds write affecting

Ministers confirm breach at UK Foreign Office but details remain murky 2025-12-19 at 13:17 By Connor Jones Officials admit ‘there certainly has been a hack,’ but refuse to confirm China link or data theft The UK’s Foreign Office is investigating a confirmed cyberattack it learned about in October, senior ministers say.… This article is an

Fidelity macro lead calls $65K Bitcoin bottom in 2026, end of bull cycle 2025-12-19 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Fidelity’s director of macro is predicting a Bitcoin bottom near $65,000 in 2026, but remains a “secular bull” despite predicting an end to the current four-year cycle. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

Jump Trading hit with $4B lawsuit tied to $50B Terra crash: WSJ 2025-12-19 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Terraform Labs sued Jump Trading and senior executives for $4 billion, alleging the firm manipulated Terra’s ecosystem and unlawfully profited from the crash, the WSJ reported. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits 2025-12-19 at 13:06 By SA Mathieson Ofcom survey finds 18-34s increasingly see life online as bad for society and their mental health Young Brits are souring on the internet, with increasing numbers seeing it as damaging to society and their mental health, according to latest research

Nigeria Arrests RaccoonO365 Phishing Developer Linked to Microsoft 365 Attacks 2025-12-19 at 13:05 By Authorities in Nigeria have announced the arrest of three “high-profile internet fraud suspects” who are alleged to have been involved in phishing attacks targeting major corporations, including the main developer behind the RaccoonO365 phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) scheme. The Nigeria Police Force National

Bybit relaunches UK platform via Archax under FCA promotion rules 2025-12-19 at 12:14 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Bybit is relaunching in the UK with a stripped‑back spot and P2P platform, reopening a market it exited after the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) 2023 crackdown. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Fragmentation drains up to $1.3B a year from tokenized assets: Report 2025-12-19 at 12:14 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra New research models how crosschain price gaps and capital friction are eroding efficiency as tokenized markets scale across blockchains. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Metaplanet to debut US trading with Deutsche Bank under MPJPY 2025-12-19 at 12:14 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Metaplanet will debut US trading via American Depositary Receipts, aiming to broaden access for US investors without raising new capital. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens 2025-12-19 at 12:14 By SA Mathieson Coming with added ‘filters and rules’ after prototype spat out inaccurate or outright wrong responses The UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) will add an AI chatbot to its GOV.UK app in early 2026, before rolling it out across the GOV.UK website

What Can Security Leaders Learn From Prevented University Attack? 2025-12-19 at 12:14 By Campus police were targeted in a planned university attack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cornish recycling drive sows confusion among Reg Standards Bureau 2025-12-19 at 11:38 By Joe Fay Are pasties a proxy for weight? Or a cypher for circumference? The Reg Standards Bureau was plunged into uproar this week when a reader suggested a new unit for weight, inspired by Cornwall’s revamped food recycling service.… This article is

Coinbase borrows Kalshi’s playbook, sues three states over prediction markets 2025-12-19 at 10:38 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Coinbase sued regulators in Connecticut, Illinois and Michigan, arguing CFTC-regulated prediction markets fall under federal commodities law, not state gambling rules. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin rebounds on Japan rate hike as Arthur Hayes sees dollar at 200 yen 2025-12-19 at 10:38 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin headed higher despite the Bank of Japan’s interest-rate hike while reactions saw bullish risk-asset signals and no further policy tightening. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

New UEFI Flaw Enables Early-Boot DMA Attacks on ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Motherboards 2025-12-19 at 10:37 By Certain motherboard models from vendors like ASRock, ASUSTeK Computer, GIGABYTE, and MSI are affected by a security vulnerability that leaves them susceptible to early-boot direct memory access (DMA) attacks across architectures that implement a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface