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Storm-1977 Hits Education Clouds with AzureChecker, Deploys 200+ Crypto Mining Containers 2025-04-27 at 08:33 By Microsoft has revealed that a threat actor it tracks as Storm-1977 has conducted password spraying attacks against cloud tenants in the education sector over the past year. “The attack involves the use of AzureChecker.exe, a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool

US crypto rules like ‘floor is lava’ game without lights — Hester Peirce 2025-04-27 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons SEC Commissioner and head of the crypto task force, Hester Peirce, says US financial firms are navigating crypto in a way that’s similar to playing the children’s game “the floor is lava,” but in

Majority of Americans trust what’s online less than ever before: poll 2025-04-27 at 01:51 By SWNS A survey of 2,000 U.S. adults found that skepticism is at an all-time high when it comes to the internet. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Solana’s Loopscale pauses lending after $5.8M hack 2025-04-27 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Loopscale has temporarily halted its lending markets after suffering an approximately $5.8 million exploit.  On April 26, a hacker siphoned approximately 5.7 million USDC (USDC) and 1200 Solana (SOL) from the lending protocol after taking

Trump’s 145% tariffs could KO tabletop game makers, other small biz, lawsuit claims 2025-04-26 at 20:44 By Thomas Claburn One eight-person publisher says it’ll be forced to pay $1.5M WORLD WAR FEE  The Trump administration’s tariffs are famously raising the prices of high-ticket products with lots of chips, like iPhones and cars, but they’re also

US Senator calls for Trump impeachment, cites memecoin dinner 2025-04-26 at 20:11 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell United States Senator Jon Ossoff expressed support for impeaching President Donald Trump during an April 25 town hall, citing the President’s plan to host a private dinner for top Official Trump memecoin holders.  “I mean, I saw just

Countries must add DePIN tokens to their digital asset stockpiles 2025-04-26 at 18:16 By Cointelegraph by Raullen Chai Opinion by: Raullen Chai, co-founder and CEO of IoTeX The United States and other superpowers are on the brink of a financial evolution. With President Donald Trump’s recent executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) and

Crypto sentiment recovers, but weekend liquidity risks remain 2025-04-26 at 17:16 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Crypto investor sentiment has seen a significant recovery from global tariff concerns, but analysts warn that the market’s structural weaknesses may still result in downside momentum during periods of weekend illiquidity. Risk appetite appeared to return among crypto investors

DeFi Development seeks $1B to boost Solana investments, expand treasury 2025-04-26 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai DeFi Development Corp (formerly Janover) aims to raise over $1 billion worth of capital to invest in Solana, the industry’s sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The Nasdaq-listed firm, previously a real estate financing platform connecting commercial property

Trump’s WLFI crypto investments aren’t paying off 2025-04-26 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto firm associated with the family of US President Donald Trump, made waves when it debuted late last year. WLFI caused a stir when it launched ahead of the president’s inauguration. Observers have accused the

Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key 2025-04-26 at 15:32 By Liam Proven Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them Sometimes, the size and complexity of modern OSes – even the FOSS ones – is enough to make us miss the days when an entire

ToyMaker Uses LAGTOY to Sell Access to CACTUS Ransomware Gangs for Double Extortion 2025-04-26 at 14:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the activities of an initial access broker (IAB) dubbed ToyMaker that has been observed handing over access to double extortion ransomware gangs like CACTUS. The IAB has been assessed with medium confidence to be

Deloitte predicts $4T tokenized real estate on blockchain by 2035 2025-04-26 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Over $4 trillion worth of real estate could be tokenized on blockchain networks during the next decade, potentially offering investors greater access to property ownership opportunities, according to a new report. The Deloitte Center for Financial Services

UK bans game controller exports to Russia in bid to ground drone attacks 2025-04-26 at 13:51 By Dan Robinson Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere The British government is banning the export of video game controllers to Russia, claiming these can be repurposed for piloting drones on the frontline in Ukraine.… This article is an excerpt

Crypto banking rule withdrawal by Fed ‘not real progress’ — Senator Lummis 2025-04-26 at 12:20 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons United States Senator Cynthia Lummis suggests the crypto industry may be celebrating too soon over the US Federal Reserve softening its crypto guidance for banks. “The Fed withdrawing crypto guidance is just noise, not real

AI-powered 20 foot robots coming for construction workers’ jobs 2025-04-26 at 11:36 By Dan Robinson Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding? Rise of the machines  Construction workers could soon find themselves laboring alongside 20-foot (6 meter) tall AI-powered autonomous robots capable of welding, carpentry, and 3D printing buildings. What could possibly

Bitcoin ETFs on $3B ‘bender,’ notch first full inflow week in 5 weeks 2025-04-26 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States saw over $3 billion in inflows this week, marking the first full week of consecutive inflows in five weeks. On April 25, the 11 spot