2025

zkLend hacker claims losing stolen ETH to Tornado Cash phishing site 2025-04-01 at 07:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The hacker behind the $9.6 million exploit of the decentralized money-lending protocol zkLend in February claims they’ve just fallen victim to a phishing website impersonating Tornado Cash, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of

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SIR.trading begs hacker to return $255K or ‘no chance for us to survive’ 2025-04-01 at 06:08 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The founder of the recently hacked decentralized finance protocol SIR.trading has made an emotional plea to the attacker, asking them to return around 70% of the stolen customer funds otherwise, the protocol will not

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Coinbase CEO calls for change in stablecoin laws to enable ‘onchain interest’ 2025-04-01 at 06:08 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is calling for legislative changes in the US to allow stablecoin holders to earn “onchain interest” on their holdings. In a March 31 post on X, Armstrong argued that crypto companies

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Intel’s latest CEO Lip Bu Tan: ‘You deserve better’ 2025-04-01 at 06:08 By Tobias Mann OK, AMD it is, then. Or Nvidia, Arm, Qualcomm, RISC-V, MOS 6502 … Intel’s newly appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan has used his first major speech to admit the x86 goliath needs to shape up, and sketched out plans to turn

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Generative AI app goes dark after child-like deepfakes found in open S3 bucket 2025-04-01 at 05:32 By Jessica Lyons ‘They went silent and secured the images,’ Jeremiah Fowler tells El Reg Jeremiah Fowler, an Indiana Jones of insecure systems, says he found a trove of sexually explicit AI-generated images exposed to the public internet –

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Privacy Pools launch on Ethereum, with Vitalik demoing the feature 2025-04-01 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A new semi-permissionless privacy tool, Privacy Pools, has launched on Ethereum, allowing users to transact privately while proving their funds aren’t linked to illicit activities. The privacy tool, launched by Ethereum builders 0xbow.io on March 31, earned

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CISA spots spawn of Spawn malware targeting Ivanti flaw 2025-04-01 at 04:21 By Iain Thomson Resurge an apt name for malware targeting hardware maker that has security bug after security bug Owners of Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateway products have a new strain of malware to fend off, according to the US

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Top cybersecurity boffin, wife vanish as FBI raids homes 2025-04-01 at 02:32 By Iain Thomson Indiana Uni rm -rf online profile while agents haul boxes of evidence A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.… This article

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North Korean crypto attacks rising in sophistication, actors — Paradigm 2025-04-01 at 02:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino North Korean cyberwarfare attacks on the cryptocurrency industry are growing in sophistication and in the number of groups involved in such criminal activity, crypto firm Paradigm warns in report titled “Demystifying the North Korean Threat.” North Korea-originated

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Oracle Cloud security SNAFU latest: IT giant accused of pedantry as evidence vanishes 2025-04-01 at 00:49 By Thomas Claburn 1990s incident response in 2025 Two Oracle data security breaches have been reported in the past week, and the database goliath not only remains reluctant to acknowledge the disasters publicly – it may be scrubbing the

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Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs raises $600M in first funding round for AI drug business 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Taylor Herzlich The London-based business – which launched in 2021 – will use the funds to further its research, expand its team and continue on its mission to create new drugs and medicines using AI. This article is

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Crypto PAC-supported candidates make a final push to Florida voters 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Two Republican candidates supported by at least a combined $1.5 million in media spending from a cryptocurrency-backed political action committee (PAC) are making final pleas to voters turning out for special elections in Florida congressional districts. On

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4 key Bitcoin metrics suggest $80K BTC price is a discount 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $87,241 to $81,331 between March 28 and March 31, erasing gains from the previous 17 days. The 6.8% correction liquidated $230 million in bullish BTC futures positions and largely followed the

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VC Roundup: 8-figure funding deals suggest crypto bull market far from over 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Venture capital funding continued to pour into the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry in March, even as market commentators sensationalized the end of the bull market amid Bitcoin’s 30% retracement.  VC flows are considered a vital

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Nvidia challenger Cerebras says it’s leaped Mid-East funding hurdle on way to IPO 2025-03-31 at 23:28 By Tobias Mann Wafer-scale AI chip startup apparently smoothed over American concerns around UAE’s G42 planned stake AI chip startup Cerebras Systems says it has cleared a key hurdle ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), claiming it

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APX Lending gains exemptive relief from Canadian Securities Administration 2025-03-31 at 23:09 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill APX Lending, a crypto-backed loan company, has gained exemptive relief from the Canadian Securities Administration (CSA) to offer crypto-backed loans without requiring traditional dealer registration or prospectus filings. “Over the last 2 years, APX developed a […] regulatory

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