2025

How Google tracks Android device users before they’ve even opened an app 2025-03-04 at 12:19 By Connor Jones No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims … no consent Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.…

Suspected Iranian Hackers Used Compromised Indian Firm’s Email to Target U.A.E. Aviation Sector 2025-03-04 at 12:18 By Threat hunters are calling attention to a new highly-targeted phishing campaign that singled out “fewer than five” entities in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) to deliver a previously undocumented Golang backdoor dubbed Sosano. The malicious activity was specifically

Over 4,000 ISP IPs Targeted in Brute-Force Attacks to Deploy Info Stealers and Cryptominers 2025-03-04 at 12:18 By Internet service providers (ISPs) in China and the West Coast of the United States have become the target of a mass exploitation campaign that deploys information stealers and cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts. The findings come from

Bitcoin no longer ‘safe haven’ as $82K BTC price dive leaves gold on top 2025-03-04 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Gold leaves Bitcoin in the dust over US trade tariffs as BTC price action joins stocks and even the US dollar in taking a fresh hit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

IMF deal to ban public sector ‘Bitcoin accumulation’ in El Salvador 2025-03-04 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The IMF has issued new requests under its $1.4 billion deal with El Salvador, aiming to restrict BTC purchases by the public sector. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Microsoft: So what if costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google? 2025-03-04 at 11:37 By Dan Robinson That’s competition, that’s protecting our IP, Redmond’s lawyers tell UK competition regulator For AWS and Google to urge the UK competition regulator to “intervene and constrain the price” that Microsoft charges them

It’s bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake 2025-03-04 at 10:44 By Brandon Vigliarolo Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly High-profile deepfake scams that were reported here at The Register and elsewhere last year may

Bybit CEO: 20% of $1.4B stolen funds ‘gone dark’ 2025-03-04 at 10:05 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar Bybit CEO Ben Zhou confirmed that $280 million in stolen funds has gone dark, with $1.07 billion remaining trackable as investigators race to freeze assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it 2025-03-04 at 09:47 By Jessica Lyons Five flaws found in Paragon Partition Manager’s kernel-level .sys Ransomware crooks are exploiting a third-party Windows kernel-level driver used and provided by disk management tool Paragon Partition Manager.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Australia’s government has no plans to establish a strategic crypto reserve 2025-03-04 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The Albanese government has no plans to follow the lead of the Trump administration, which has announced plans to stockpile XRP, Solana, Cardano, Ether and Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Broadcom starts beta for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, the release it reckons will douse user anger 2025-03-04 at 09:24 By Simon Sharwood Pricing, licensing changes won’t feel so bad once you take this private cloud stack for a spin, apparently Exclusive  Broadcom has quietly started a closed beta of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version 9,

Hidden costs of compromised privacy: Protecting brands and customers 2025-03-04 at 08:32 By Amid rising privacy concerns from consumers and increasing regulatory demands, today’s businesses are facing intense pressure to protect their customers’ privacy. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cisco, Hitachi, Microsoft, and Progress Flaws Actively Exploited—CISA Sounds Alarm 2025-03-04 at 08:32 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws impacting software from Cisco, Hitachi Vantara, Microsoft Windows, and Progress WhatsUp Gold to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The list

NYSE Arca proposes rule change to list Bitwise Dogecoin ETF 2025-03-04 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young NYSE Arca has filed paperwork that would enable the exchange to list the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF if approved by the SEC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Coinbase, Gemini CEO throws support behind Bitcoin-only US crypto reserve 2025-03-04 at 07:37 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Brian Armstrong and Tyler Winklevoss say that Bitcoin is a clear “successor to gold,” making it most suitable for inclusion as a US reserve asset. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source