2025

Stop pretending technical and human vulnerabilities are separate things 2025-03-31 at 11:04 By Cointelegraph by Andrey Sergeenkov Opinion by: Andrey Sergeenkov, researcher, analyst and writer Crypto founders love big promises: decentralized finance, banking the unbanked and freedom from intermediaries. Then hacks happen. In some cases, billions vanish overnight.  On Feb. 21, 2025, the North Korean […]

Cashless society could be why fewer kids are eating coins and sticking things up their noses 2025-03-31 at 09:39 By Simon Sharwood NHS boffins think there’s a connection, but ‘snot all good news: Swallowing batteries is even more dangerous Researchers from the UK’s National Health Service believe increasing adoption of cashless payments may be having

South Korean crypto exchange users hit 16M in ‘saturation point’ 2025-03-31 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto exchange users in South Korea have crossed over 16 million after receiving a boost following US President Donald Trump’s election win last November.  Data submitted to representative Cha Gyu-geun of the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party

Japan to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products: Report 2025-03-31 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Japan’s finance regulator is planning to change the country’s laws to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products as early as 2026, according to the local outlet Nikkei. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to submit a bill to parliament to

California introduces ’Bitcoin rights’ in amended digital assets bill 2025-03-31 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Californian lawmaker has just added Bitcoin and crypto investor protections to a February-introduced money transmission bill aimed at securing crypto self-custody rights for the US state’s nearly 40 million residents. California’s Assembly Bill 1052 was introduced as

Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan 2025-03-31 at 07:51 By Simon Sharwood 11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing Chinese tech companies created entities in Taiwan and disguised them so they had no connections to China, so they could lure

AI overhaul at McDonald’s needs a super-sized security approach 2025-03-31 at 07:03 By Introducing new technology at the many customer interfaces in quick service restaurants opens up fresh attack surfaces for threat actors. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

DeFi protocol SIR.trading loses entire $355K TVL in ‘worst news’ possible 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Ethereum-based DeFi protocol SIR.trading, also known as Synthetics Implemented Right, has been hacked, resulting in the loss of its entire total value locked (TVL) — $355,000 at the time of the attack.  The March 30 hack

MARA Holdings plans huge $2B stock offering to buy more Bitcoin 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc (MARA) is looking to sell up to $2 billion in stock to buy more Bitcoin as part of a plan that bears a resemblance to Michael Saylor’s Strategy. MARA Holdings, formerly

Android malware ‘Crocodilus’ can take over phones to steal crypto 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cybersecurity firm Threat Fabric says it has found a new family of mobile-device malware that can launch a fake overlay for certain apps to trick Android users into providing their crypto seed phrases as it takes over

One in four S&P 500 firms will hold Bitcoin by 2030: Crypto advisory 2025-03-31 at 04:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Around a quarter of firms listed on the S&P 500 would have invested in Bitcoin by 2030, with treasury managers fearing they could lose their jobs if they missed out on potential Bitcoin gains,

Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs 2025-03-31 at 03:10 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin looks set for a bearish open to mark the last trading day of March and possibly the weakest Q1 performance since 2018.  Crypto and stock traders’ anxiety over US President

Centralization and the dark side of asset tokenization — MEXC exec 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and