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Deepfakes. Fake Recruiters. Cloned CFOs — Learn How to Stop AI-Driven Attacks in Real Time 2025-07-16 at 12:25 By Social engineering attacks have entered a new era—and they’re coming fast, smart, and deeply personalized. It’s no longer just suspicious emails in your spam folder. Today’s attackers use generative AI, stolen branding assets, and deepfake tools […]

Urgent: Google Releases Critical Chrome Update for CVE-2025-6558 Exploit Active in the Wild 2025-07-16 at 12:25 By Google on Tuesday rolled out fixes for six security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-6558 (CVSS score: 8.8), which has

New Konfety Malware Variant Evades Detection by Manipulating APKs and Dynamic Code 2025-07-16 at 12:25 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated variant of a known Android malware referred to as Konfety that leverages the evil twin technique to enable ad fraud. The sneaky approach essentially involves a scenario wherein two variants of an

Vitalik Buterin proposes minimalism as key to layer-2 blockchain success 2025-07-16 at 12:00 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responds to Jason Chaskin’s call for layer-1 blockchains to become Ethereum layer-2s, suggesting an approach to L2 design. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Security shop Adarma ceases trading, confirms it will enter administration 2025-07-16 at 11:30 By Connor Jones Former staffers of struggling UK biz say they don’t expect to be paid for July UK cybersecurity shop Adarma has confirmed it has entered administration.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Crosschain swaps move $21B in illicit funds, up 200% in two years: Elliptic 2025-07-16 at 11:18 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Crypto criminals are using cross-chain tools like bridges, DEXs and coin swappers to obscure $21.8B in illicit flows across multiple blockchains. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto exchange BigONE loses $27M in third-party attack 2025-07-16 at 11:18 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas BigONE crypto exchange has confirmed a $27 million loss after a third-party attack on its hot wallet infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Google AI “Big Sleep” Stops Exploitation of Critical SQLite Vulnerability Before Hackers Act 2025-07-16 at 11:18 By Google on Tuesday revealed that its large language model (LLM)-assisted vulnerability discovery framework discovered a security flaw in the SQLite open-source database engine before it could have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6965 (CVSS

If you want a picture of the future, imagine humans checking AI didn’t make a mistake – forever 2025-07-16 at 10:48 By Mark Pesce CEOs will chase illusory profits as workers are left to pick defective items from an agentic production line Column  Agentic AI will make jobs – but many will involve picking its

BitMine surges after-hours as Peter Thiel discloses 9% stake 2025-07-16 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Billionaire Peter Thiel has bought a 9.1% stake in the crypto mining service company BitMine, which sent the company’s stock soaring in after-hour trading. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

‘99% chance’ Bitcoin dominance has peaked if Ethereum surge continues 2025-07-16 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The odds are low that Bitcoin dominance will continue pushing higher if Ether holds its current bullish uptrend, says crypto analyst Matthew Hyland This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

VMware reboots its partner program again – and it looks like smaller players are out 2025-07-16 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Second major change in 18 months will be most unwelcome Exclusive  VMware has advised partners its current channel program will end, and it seems that smaller players won’t be invited back.… This article is

Michigan town puts pre-emptive curbs on crypto ATMs 2025-07-16 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The town of Grosse Pointe Farms has no crypto ATMs, but has regulated them anyway, requiring registration, warnings and limits on kiosks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

GameStop CEO teases crypto payments, says Bitcoin buys are inflation hedge 2025-07-16 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Ryan Cohen says GameStop’s $500 million investment in Bitcoin was to act as a “hedge against inflation and global money printing.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Starlink says SpaceX targeting 2026 for launch of Starship-ready terabit satellites 2025-07-16 at 08:37 By Simon Sharwood Network update reports media 25ms latency – in the US – as bandwidth capacity rockets upwards Elon Musk’s space broadband service Starlink has hinted that Elon Musk’s Starship will be ready for commercial flights in 2026.… This article