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Streamer Amouranth claims she was robbed at gunpoint over crypto fortune 2025-03-04 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino In November, Amouranth, real name Kaitlyn Siragusa, revealed that she owned around 211 Bitcoin — worth over $20 million. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin price action mirrors 2019 ‘Xi pump,’ are new BTC lows incoming? 2025-03-04 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Analysts say Bitcoin’s recent weekend pump to $95,000 is eerily similar to the “Xi pump” in 2019. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Wanna save Intel? Fire the board, bring back Pat, ex-CEO Craig Barrett says 2025-03-04 at 00:02 By Tobias Mann Shareholders urged to press CTRL-Z on loyal Gelsinger’s ‘retirement’ Comment  Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett has a simple solution to the x86 giant’s woes.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

One Vital Step to Get Right Before Deploying Copilot 2025-03-03 at 23:47 By Tobias Pischl How to make sure Microsoft 365 Copilot only uses sharable data This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Phantom of the Opera browser: An AI agent now lurks within for the lazy 2025-03-03 at 23:20 By Thomas Claburn Too shiftless to even click on a few things while online shopping, hm? Just ask this built-in assistant The Opera web browser now boasts “agentic AI,” meaning users can ask an onboard AI model to…

VC Roundup: Investors continue to back DePIN, Web3 gaming, layer-1 RWAs 2025-03-03 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Alchemy, Mavryk, Rho Labs, Teneo, Fluent Labs, The Game Company and ACID Labs headline the latest venture capital roundup. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Trump crypto strategic reserve coins ‘ADA, XRP, SOL’ dump, Bitcoin follows 2025-03-03 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay ADA, XRP and SOL are seeing profit booking just a day after rallying following President Trump’s US strategic crypto reserve announcement. Is the market headed toward new lows? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Traders longing ADA futures spike after Trump’s crypto reserve reveal: Bitrue 2025-03-03 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Trump plans to include ADA in a US strategic Bitcoin reserve, and futures traders are bullish. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US members of Congress to launch bipartisan ‘Congressional Crypto Caucus’ 2025-03-03 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The new caucus will have the goal of cementing the US’s leadership in the future of digital assets and blockchain innovation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops 2025-03-03 at 20:28 By Dan Robinson Annual Barcelona tech fest brings demo devices that aren’t commercially available… will they ever see light of day? MWC  Lenovo has used the MWC event in Barcelona to demo some unusual concept devices including a laptop with a folding screen and…

Hackers Exploit AWS Misconfigurations to Launch Phishing Attacks via SES and WorkMail 2025-03-03 at 20:28 By Threat actors are targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to push out phishing campaigns to unsuspecting targets, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. The cybersecurity company is tracking the activity cluster under the name TGR-UNK-0011 (short…

Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal 2025-03-03 at 19:17 By Lindsay Clark Investigation understood to have ended following settlement SAP paid former CTO Jürgen Müller €7.1 million ($7.5 million) after he left the German software company by mutual agreement in September last year.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Kash Patel has been sworn in as Director of the FBI 2025-03-03 at 19:17 By Kash Patel has been sworn in as ninth Director of the FBI.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin returns under $90K as crypto market liquidates $150M in hours 2025-03-03 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin and crypto are back liquidating late longs as the Wall Street open brings a fresh round of sell-side pressure with markets keen for Trump reserve cues. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

SEC drops lawsuit against Kraken, ending ‘politically motivated campaign’ 2025-03-03 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The dropped lawsuit follows dismissals of other SEC lawsuits and investigations against other cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase and Gemini. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

MSTR stock pops 15% following Bitcoin weekend rally 2025-03-03 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Bitcoin’s rally was triggered by President Donald Trump’s plan for a “US Crypto Reserve,” which would include BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and other assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian joins Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid as ‘strategic adviser’ 2025-03-03 at 18:17 By Thomas Barrabi Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian has joined up with Frank McCourt and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary on their bid to acquire TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, the group announced on Monday. This article is an…

Cybersecurity not the hiring-’em-like-hotcakes role it once was 2025-03-03 at 18:17 By Iain Thomson Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create ‘realistic’ job outline, say experts Analysis  It’s a familiar refrain in the security industry that there is a massive skills gap in the sector. And while…

The crypto law alphabet soup of the UAE 2025-03-03 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Irina Heaver Navigating the UAE’s crypto ecosystem means decoding a maze of acronyms — SCA, VARA, DMCC, ADGM and more. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

$1.5B crypto hack losses expose bug bounty flaws 2025-03-03 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Ethical hacker Marwan Hachem told Cointelegraph that an “out of scope” bug led to the biggest hack in crypto history. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Insidious Netflix email scam looks like the real deal — here’s what users need to know 2025-03-03 at 16:35 By Ben Cost Netflix and steal? Scammers are asking streaming customers to submit payment details with emails that look nearly indistinguishable from legitimate Netflix messages. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product…

SpaceX receives FAA blessing for another Starship test 2025-03-03 at 16:17 By Richard Speed Flying to the Turks and Caicos tonight? Good luck SpaceX is set to have another go at launching its monster Starship rocket today after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the venture the green light.… This article is an excerpt…

Nearly 1M records related to personal property were exposed 2025-03-03 at 16:04 By A property tracking and return service supporting multiple airports had nearly 1M records exposed. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Hackers Use ClickFix Trick to Deploy PowerShell-Based Havoc C2 via SharePoint Sites 2025-03-03 at 16:03 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new phishing campaign that employs the ClickFix technique to deliver an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework called Havoc. “The threat actor hides each malware stage behind a SharePoint site and uses a modified…

Hackers Exploit Paragon Partition Manager Driver Vulnerability in Ransomware Attacks 2025-03-03 at 16:03 By Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. The zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) is part of a set of five vulnerabilities that was discovered by Microsoft,…

U.K. ICO Investigates TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur Over Children’s Data Protection Practices 2025-03-03 at 16:03 By The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened an investigation into online platforms TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur to assess the steps they are taking to protect children between the ages of 13 and 17 in the country. To that…

Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows 2025-03-03 at 15:33 By Richard Speed Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored Microsoft has completed its EU data boundary, however, analysts and some regional cloud players are voicing concerns over…

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Alerts on Zero-Day Exploits, AI Breaches, and Crypto Heists 2025-03-03 at 15:01 By This week, a 23-year-old Serbian activist found themselves at the crossroads of digital danger when a sneaky zero-day exploit turned their Android device into a target. Meanwhile, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on a scheme where cybercriminals used…

Polish space agency confirms cyberattack 2025-03-03 at 14:51 By Connor Jones Officials remain intent on uncovering who was behind it The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) is currently dealing with a “cybersecurity incident,” it confirmed via its X account on Sunday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns 2025-03-03 at 14:37 By Lindsay Clark ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations The UK’s data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the protection of privacy among teenage users.… This article is…

ADA, SOL, XRP rally after Trump’s crypto reserve announcement 2025-03-03 at 14:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai While the idea of a reserve had been floated before, this marks the first time specific altcoins were highlighted, analysts told Cointelegraph. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

The New Ransomware Groups Shaking Up 2025 2025-03-03 at 14:04 By In 2024, global ransomware attacks hit 5,414, an 11% increase from 2023.  After a slow start, attacks spiked in Q2 and surged in Q4, with 1,827 incidents (33% of the year’s total). Law enforcement actions against major groups like LockBit caused fragmentation, leading to…

Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes 2025-03-03 at 13:27 By Dan Robinson Why churn up roads when there’s thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot? Network operators laying fiber infrastructure could cut their costs by taking advantage of “thousands of miles” of abandoned infrastructure, including gas and water pipes,…

Ronaldinho launches token with 35% insider supply, hits $397M market cap 2025-03-03 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The new token triggered tokenomics and cybersecurity concerns among industry watchers following the latest celebrity-endorsed memecoin scandals. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto ETPs record $2.9B outflows, Bitcoin hit hardest — CoinShares 2025-03-03 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz CoinShares cited the Bybit hack, more hawkish US Fed rhetoric and a previous $29 billion buying streak as reasons for the record-breaking weekly outflows. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government 2025-03-03 at 12:34 By Lindsay Clark And that was on top of a £17.5 million underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud The collapse of a relatively small “local” cloud hosting service caused “real business continuity issues” in the UK’s central government, according…