2025

VanHelsing ransomware emerges to put a stake through your Windows heart 2025-03-25 at 09:39 By Iain Thomson There’s only one rule – don’t attack Russia, duh Check Point has spotted a fresh ransomware-as-a-service crew in town: VanHelsing, touting a cross-platform locker targeting Microsoft Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi systems, among others. But so far, only

INTERPOL Arrests 306 Suspects, Seizes 1,842 Devices in Cross-Border Cybercrime Bust 2025-03-25 at 09:39 By Law enforcement authorities in seven African countries have arrested 306 suspects and confiscated 1,842 devices as part of an international operation codenamed Red Card that took place between November 2024 and February 2025. The coordinated effort “aims to disrupt and

Hm, why are so many DrayTek routers stuck in a bootloop? 2025-03-25 at 08:42 By Iain Thomson Time to update your firmware, if you can, to one with the security fixes, cough cough DrayTek router owners in the UK and beyond had a pretty miserable weekend after some ISPs began to notice a lot of

Kentucky governor signs ‘Bitcoin Rights’ bill into law 2025-03-25 at 08:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has signed a measure known as the “Bitcoin Rights” bill, into law, enshrining protections for crypto users, as two other US states’ Bitcoin reserve legislation advanced. Crypto advocacy group the Satoshi Action Fund said in

Binance suspends staffer after internal investigation into insider trading 2025-03-25 at 08:06 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto exchange Binance has suspended a member of its Binance Wallet team, adding it could take further legal action after launching an internal investigation over allegations of insider trading. The exchange’s crypto wallet business, Binance Wallet, launched an

Rooted mobile devices are 250 times more vulnerable 2025-03-25 at 08:06 By Although there has been a reduction in rooted and jailbroken devices, these devices are still a security concern for users and enterprises. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Linus Torvalds forgot to release Linux 6.14 for a whole day 2025-03-25 at 07:03 By Simon Sharwood ‘It’s just pure incompetence’ confesses penguin emperor Linux kernel development boss Linus Torvalds has admitted his own “pure incompetence” led him to forget to deliver version 6.14 of the project.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Massive Bitcoin whale buys $200M in BTC, another wakes up after 8 years 2025-03-25 at 06:14 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A massive Bitcoin whale wallet holding has just added $200 million worth of Bitcoin to its position after selling over 11,400 Bitcoin over the last few months — coinciding with a recent rebound for

Public-facing Kubernetes clusters at risk of takeover thanks to Ingress-Nginx flaw 2025-03-25 at 05:16 By Simon Sharwood How many K8s systems are sat on the internet front porch like that … Oh, thousands, apparently Cloudy infosec outfit Wiz has discovered serious vulnerabilities in the admission controller component of Ingress-Nginx Controller that could allow the total

Mt. Gox transfers $1B in Bitcoin in third major BTC move this month 2025-03-25 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox has just shifted 11,501 Bitcoin in its third significant transaction in less than a month. Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence alerted the community of the transfer on March 25

Arizona’s strategic crypto reserve bills heads for full floor vote 2025-03-25 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Two strategic digital asset reserve bills in Arizona have cleared Arizona’s House Rules Committee on March 24 and are now headed to the House floor for a full vote. The bills together, if passed into law, would

Massachusetts subpoenas Robinhood over sports prediction markets 2025-03-25 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Massachusetts’ securities regulator has reportedly launched a probe over Robinhood’s prediction markets offering that has allowed users to bet on the outcomes for a slew of events, including basketball tournaments.  Reuters reported on March 24 that Massachusetts Secretary Bill Galvin

OTF, which backs Tor, Let’s Encrypt and more, sues to save funding from Trump cuts 2025-03-25 at 03:02 By Thomas Claburn Kari, OK, we’ll see you in court An organization that bankrolls various internet security projects has asked a Washington DC court to prevent the Trump administration from cancelling its federal funding – and expressed

Trump Media looks to partner with crypto.com to launch ETFs 2025-03-25 at 01:30 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Trump Media has signed a non-binding agreement with Crypto.com to launch a series of exchange-traded funds in the US. Trump Technology Group Corp (TMTG) — the operator of the social media platform Truth Social and fintech brand