July 2026

Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang

Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang 2026-07-10 at 15:58 By Eduard Kovacs Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, was sentenced to 70 months for helping the BlackCat/Alphv group. The post Third US Security Expert Sentenced to Prison for Helping Ransomware Gang appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]

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Incode brings on-device processing to age estimation for privacy-focused verification

Incode brings on-device processing to age estimation for privacy-focused verification 2026-07-10 at 15:24 By Industry News Incode has launched On-Device Age Estimation, an age verification capability that performs age estimation and liveness detection directly on the user’s device, without transmitting facial data off the device. The company’s age estimation models are now available to run

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Study of 281 Free Android VPN Apps Finds Traffic Leaks, Unencrypted Data, and Tracking

Study of 281 Free Android VPN Apps Finds Traffic Leaks, Unencrypted Data, and Tracking 2026-07-10 at 15:17 By Researchers ran 281 of the most popular free VPN apps on the Google Play Store through a new testing system and found that many fail at the basics people install a VPN for, i.e., keeping their traffic

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Hackers Use Fake Microsoft Entra Passkey Enrollment to Gain Microsoft 365 Access

Hackers Use Fake Microsoft Entra Passkey Enrollment to Gain Microsoft 365 Access 2026-07-10 at 15:17 By A threat actor has been targeting organizations spanning multiple sectors with voice-based fake security requests that prompt Microsoft 365 users to enroll a new Entra passkey with an aim to carry out data extortion attacks. The threat actor, tracked

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China, India-Linked Hackers Both Targeted Same Pakistani Police Force

China, India-Linked Hackers Both Targeted Same Pakistani Police Force 2026-07-10 at 14:55 By Eduard Kovacs Both foes and allies have targeted the Balochistan Police force in Pakistan for at least two years, according to SentinelOne. The post China, India-Linked Hackers Both Targeted Same Pakistani Police Force appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Wall Street banks tighten prediction market rules for staff as insider fears spread

Wall Street banks tighten prediction market rules for staff as insider fears spread 2026-07-10 at 14:51 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are restricting employee prediction market trades as insider trading fears spread across Polymarket and Kalshi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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Unpatched XRING Flaw in XQUIC Lets Remote Clients Crash HTTP/3 Servers

Unpatched XRING Flaw in XQUIC Lets Remote Clients Crash HTTP/3 Servers 2026-07-10 at 14:47 By A single wrong variable on one line in XQUIC, Alibaba’s QUIC and HTTP/3 library, lets any remote client crash the server with a short burst of completely legal traffic. There is no patch. FoxIO researcher Sébastien Féry disclosed the flaw on

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From 17,000 to 1.1 Million Assets: How Lumen Technologies Rebuilt Exposure Management at Scale

From 17,000 to 1.1 Million Assets: How Lumen Technologies Rebuilt Exposure Management at Scale 2026-07-10 at 14:39 By Most enterprises assume their asset inventory is close enough to accurate. The evidence suggests otherwise. According to a survey of over 600 security leaders in the 2026 Axonius Actionability Report, only 45% of organizations consolidate their asset

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USDC issuer Circle wins final approval for US national trust bank charter

USDC issuer Circle wins final approval for US national trust bank charter 2026-07-10 at 14:37 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Circle announces it received final OCC approval for a national trust bank that will initially serve the company and affiliates, with possible future custody services for institutional clients. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

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Exposed Hacker Server Reveals WP-SHELLSTORM Backdooring Thousands of WordPress Sites

Exposed Hacker Server Reveals WP-SHELLSTORM Backdooring Thousands of WordPress Sites 2026-07-10 at 14:30 By A cybercrime crew left one of its own servers wide open on the internet for three weeks, and it exposed the operation’s inner workings: the hacking tools, the activity logs, and target lists naming more than 1.4 million websites. Far fewer

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Japanese lender launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M

Japanese lender launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M 2026-07-10 at 14:24 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra CRYL is offering Bitcoin-backed loans to individuals and businesses as Japanese firms explore broader uses for BTC in lending and credit markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Okta Warns of Vishing Attacks Targeting Microsoft 365 Customers

Okta Warns of Vishing Attacks Targeting Microsoft 365 Customers 2026-07-10 at 14:06 By Ionut Arghire The attackers call victims to direct them to phishing websites mirroring Microsoft Entra ID login pages. The post Okta Warns of Vishing Attacks Targeting Microsoft 365 Customers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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TeraWulf eyes $3.5B debt raise for Anthropic-linked data center: Report

TeraWulf eyes $3.5B debt raise for Anthropic-linked data center: Report 2026-07-10 at 13:14 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Bitcoin miner TeraWulf is reportedly seeking $3.5 billion in debt financing led by Morgan Stanley for its Kentucky data center campus leased by AI company Anthropic. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Metaplanet explores Bitcoin-backed digital credit with JPYC in Japan

Metaplanet explores Bitcoin-backed digital credit with JPYC in Japan 2026-07-10 at 12:58 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Metaplanet said it is studying Bitcoin-backed digital credit products in Japan with JPYC and Progmat, but no product has been launched. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Attackers Exploit ‘Ill Bloom’ Vulnerability to Drain $3.1 Million From Cryptocurrency Wallets

Attackers Exploit ‘Ill Bloom’ Vulnerability to Drain $3.1 Million From Cryptocurrency Wallets 2026-07-10 at 12:42 By Security firm Coinspect has disclosed a crypto wallet flaw it calls Ill Bloom, and attackers are already using it. The flaw is in how some wallet software generated its recovery phrase, the words that control the money. When that phrase is made

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Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks

Ransomware Negotiator Gets 70 Months in Prison for Aiding BlackCat Attacks 2026-07-10 at 12:42 By A 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator has been sentenced to nearly six years (i.e., 70 months) in prison in the U.S. for their role in conspiring with the now-defunct BlackCat ransomware operators to extort multiple victims and working with two other

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Bitcoin returns to $64.3K with new three-week BTC price highs imminent

Bitcoin returns to $64.3K with new three-week BTC price highs imminent 2026-07-10 at 12:32 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin bulls faced “crucial resistance” at $65,000 next as BTC price action diverged from oil and US dollar strength. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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