2025

Chinese threat actor resided in US electric grid for almost one year 2025-03-17 at 14:17 By A case study discusses an intrusion into the United States electric grid associated with Volt Typhoon, a Chinese threat actor. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Pavel Durov in Dubai: Telegram ‘exceeded’ its legal obligations 2025-03-17 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the company had always met and “exceeded” its legal obligations in moderation, cooperation and fighting crime.  On March 17, the Telegram founder posted an update on the messaging application, saying he was already

Flang-tastic! LLVM’s Fortran compiler finally drops the training wheels 2025-03-17 at 13:58 By Liam Proven Another all-FOSS option – just don’t confuse it with all the other Flangs The latest version of the LLVM compiler suite has promoted its Fortran front end. “Flang” is now official.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Router Hacks, PyPI Attacks, New Ransomware Decryptor, and More 2025-03-17 at 13:57 By From sophisticated nation-state campaigns to stealthy malware lurking in unexpected places, this week’s cybersecurity landscape is a reminder that attackers are always evolving. Advanced threat groups are exploiting outdated hardware, abusing legitimate tools for financial fraud, and finding

SANS Institute Warns of Novel Cloud-Native Ransomware Attacks 2025-03-17 at 13:57 By The latest Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report found that sensitive data is found in 66% of cloud storage buckets. This data is vulnerable to ransomware attacks. The SANS Institute recently reported that these attacks can be performed by abusing the

Crypto ETPs see $1.7B in outflows, longest streak since 2015 2025-03-17 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued seeing massive selling last week, recording the fifth week of outflows in a row, with $1.7 billion leaving the market.  After seeing slightly softened outflows of $876 million in the previous week,

Brazilian lawmaker introduces bill to regulate Bitcoin salaries 2025-03-17 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Brazilian lawmakers are considering new legislation that would officially authorize employers to pay salaries to employees using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Federal deputy Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança has introduced a bill proposing regulation of crypto payments for wages,

GitHub Action Compromise Puts CI/CD Secrets at Risk in Over 23,000 Repositories 2025-03-17 at 12:21 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an incident in which the popular GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files was compromised to leak secrets from repositories using the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflow. The incident involved the tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action, which

Congress should ‘drop the hammer’ on Meta over whistleblower claims about China: tech watchdogs 2025-03-17 at 12:04 By Thomas Barrabi Congress should “drop the hammer” on Meta after a whistleblower detailed the major lengths that Mark Zuckerberg allegedly took to get his apps unbanned in China – including clamping down on a prominent Beijing dissident,

Not every AI agent needs its own cryptocurrency: CZ 2025-03-17 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Artificial intelligence agents need to prioritize their intrinsic utility, not the launch of their in-house native tokens to raise funds. AI agent-related tokens have significantly declined over the past month, as their cumulative market capitalization decreased by over

Wemix denies cover-up amid delayed $6.2M bridge hack announcement 2025-03-17 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Wemix Foundation CEO Kim Seok-hwan said they had no intention of concealing a hack on its bridge, which led to over $6 million in losses. In a press conference, Kim reportedly said there was no attempt to cover

Microsoft wouldn’t look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied 2025-03-17 at 11:32 By Connor Jones Maddening techno loop, Zoolander reference, and 14 minutes of time wasted A vulnerability analyst and prominent member of the infosec industry has blasted Microsoft for refusing to look at a bug report unless he submitted a

Peak ‘FUD’ hints at $70K floor — 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-03-17 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) heads into FOMC week in a cautious mood, with multimonth lows still uncomfortably close. BTC price action preserves $80,000 support as upside liquidity looks ripe for the taking. The Fed

This one weird trick can make online publishing faster, safer, more attractive, and richer 2025-03-17 at 10:47 By Rupert Goodwins Well, maybe not richer, but we’re about to find out Opinion  The universe ended unexpectedly on a March Monday in 2025. To the relief of many, it came back a few days later much as

Trump’s second ex-wife calls for end of prosecution against Roger Ver 2025-03-17 at 09:05 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US President Donald Trump’s second ex-wife, Marla Maples, has shown support for ending the country’s case against early Bitcoin advocate Roger Ver, known as “Bitcoin Jesus.” “Sharing more re [regarding] the call to dismiss the prosecution

OK, Google: Are you killing Assistant and replacing it with Gemini? 2025-03-17 at 08:18 By Simon Sharwood Yes, we are. And we promise your ‘Droid and smart home kit will get a ‘new experience’ Google has decided to silence its voice Assistant and replace it with the Gemini AI service.… This article is an excerpt