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U.S. Dismantles DanaBot Malware Network, Charges 16 in $50M Global Cybercrime Operation 2025-05-23 at 10:47 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the disruption of the online infrastructure associated with DanaBot (aka DanaTools) and unsealed charges against 16 individuals for their alleged involvement in the development and deployment of the malware, which […]

US big banks hold early talks on joint crypto stablecoin: WSJ 2025-05-23 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Some of the biggest banking companies in the US are reportedly exploring a team-up to launch a crypto stablecoin. Companies owned by JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo have discussed the possibility of jointly

Anthropic’s debuts most powerful AI yet amid ‘whistleblowing’ controversy 2025-05-23 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has launched the latest generations of its chatbots amid criticism of a testing environment behaviour that could report some users to authorities. Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 on May 22,

Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates 2025-05-23 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Says it will serve half of humanity but testing that claim produced a hilarious ChatGPT fail Stargate, the Open AI led consortium that aims to build giant AI datacenters, has picked the United Arab Emirates as its

Hackers using fake Ledger Live app to steal seed phrases and drain crypto 2025-05-23 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cybercriminals are using fake Ledger Live apps to drain macOS users’ crypto through malware that steals seed phrases, a cybersecurity firm warns.  The malware replaces the legitimate Ledger Live app on victims’ devices and

Pictures give glimpse inside Trump’s memecoin holder dinner 2025-05-23 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Photos from within US President Donald Trump’s secretive dinner for his top memecoin buyers show attendees were treated to a three-course meal and gift bags as protesters gathered outside the event to accuse Trump of profiting from the presidency.

Bitcoin open interest hits record high as BTC slips below $111K 2025-05-23 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin futures open interest (OI) has hit record levels on crypto derivatives exchanges as traders anticipate the cryptocurrency will continue and reach new all-time highs.  Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest reached a peak of just over

CISA Warns of Suspected Broader SaaS Attacks Exploiting App Secrets and Cloud Misconfigs 2025-05-23 at 08:32 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday revealed that Commvault is monitoring cyber threat activity targeting applications hosted in their Microsoft Azure cloud environment. “Threat actors may have accessed client secrets for Commvault’s (Metallic) Microsoft

GitLab Duo Vulnerability Enabled Attackers to Hijack AI Responses with Hidden Prompts 2025-05-23 at 08:32 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an indirect prompt injection flaw in GitLab’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Duo that could have allowed attackers to steal source code and inject untrusted HTML into its responses, which could then be used to direct

Protecting 14 Campuses, All With Different Needs 2025-05-23 at 08:16 By Protecting 14 campuses and learning centers is almost herculean. But that’s what the security team of Portland Community College (PCC) in Portland, Oregon does for one of the Northwest’s largest college systems.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed

Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip 2025-05-23 at 07:18 By Simon Sharwood Consumer affairs Minister is not happy with Uber for following local players with this scheme to encourage rapid pickups India’s consumer affairs minister has criticized Uber for adding a feature that allows users to tip their driver before

Swedish health firm jumps 37% on first Bitcoin buy, China EV seller to buy 1K BTC 2025-05-23 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Shares in Swedish health tech company H100 Group AB rose 37% after it said it purchased Bitcoin for the first time as part of a new strategy, while China’s Jiuzi Holdings

Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger 2025-05-23 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Crypto perpetual futures contracts could receive regulatory approval in the US “very soon,” says outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger. Perpetual crypto futures “can come to market now,” Mersinger told Bloomberg TV on May 22. 

‘No questions asked’ Bitcoin launderer gets 6 years in prison 2025-05-23 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A US man operating what prosecutors called a “no questions asked” cash-to-Bitcoin conversion service has been sentenced to six years behind bars and was ordered to hand over millions of dollars.  Boston federal court Judge Richard Stearns

Michigan lawmakers file 4 crypto bills on retiree funds, CBDCs, mining 2025-05-23 at 05:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Michigan lawmakers have introduced four crypto-related bills covering crypto mining, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and crypto in state retirement funds. Republican state Representative Bill Schuette introduced House Bill 4510 on May 21, which would amend