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Microsoft SQL Server 2019 shuffles out of mainstream support 2025-03-04 at 13:53 By Richard Speed The fate of Skype is sad, but the clock is ticking for enterprises Microsoft SQL Server 2019 quietly slipped out of mainstream support last week, accompanied by fellow retiree SQL Server Big Data Clusters.… This article is an excerpt from…

How New AI Agents Will Transform Credential Stuffing Attacks 2025-03-04 at 13:16 By Credential stuffing attacks had a huge impact in 2024, fueled by a vicious circle of infostealer infections and data breaches. But things could be about to get worse still with Computer-Using Agents, a new kind of AI agent that enables low-cost, low-effort…

Israel releases preliminary CBDC design for digital Shekel 2025-03-04 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar The Bank of Israel has released a preliminary design for the digital shekel, detailing its ecosystem, technical framework and regulatory considerations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Cloudflare’s bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers 2025-03-04 at 13:02 By Liam Proven Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass Users of some of the less well-known web browsers are getting blocked from accessing multiple sites by Cloudflare’s flaky browser-detection routines.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

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 React to…

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 React to…

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 React to this headline:

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 React to this headline:

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 React…

SEC’s Crypto Task Force to host roundtable on crypto security status 2025-03-04 at 07:37 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The SEC will hold a series of discussions on how it should approach crypto, with its first later this month looking at how to legally define digital assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Google’s March 2025 Android Security Update Fixes Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities 2025-03-04 at 06:44 By Google has released its monthly Android Security Bulletin for March 2025 to address a total of 44 vulnerabilities, including two that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild. The two high-severity vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-43093…

SEC reportedly offering $50K incentive for eligible staff to resign 2025-03-04 at 06:11 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The SEC is among other US agencies that have been offering staff financial incentives to quit under Trump’s cost-cutting DOGE initiative. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

TSMC plans $100B US expansion that Trump hails without clarifying tariff plans 2025-03-04 at 06:11 By Tobias Mann Three more fabs on the way which will come online just in time for — checks calendar — Donald to leave office Standing alongside US President Donald Trump, the CEO of Taiwanese chipmaking champ TSMC on Monday…

Atlanta Fed model predicts GDP to shrink 2.8% in Q1: Trumpcession 2025-03-04 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The US could see the biggest GDP contraction since the COVID-19 lockdown, as President Donald Trump’s tariff plans continue to cause havoc. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America? 2025-03-04 at 04:27 By Jessica Lyons Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks Comment  America’s cybersecurity chiefs in recent days have been sending mixed messages about the threat posed by Russia in the digital world.……

Coinbase files FOIA to see how much the SEC’s ‘war on crypto’ cost 2025-03-04 at 03:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal says the firm will “do what it takes for as long as it takes” to get the information from the securities regulator. This article is an excerpt from…

XRP ‘distribution’ hits record level as the altcoin trades below $3 2025-03-04 at 03:06 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly XRP retraced most of its recent “Trump pump” and data shows whales selling their positions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

America’s National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump reinstated 2025-03-04 at 02:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Silicon Valley-style startup chaos now standard US govt operating procedure The US government’s National Science Foundation has reinstated most of its cadre of probationary employees after laying them off en masse last month. … This article is an excerpt…

Yuga Labs says SEC has dropped its investigation into the NFT firm 2025-03-04 at 02:01 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Yuga Labs said the SEC has dropped its probe into the NFT conglomerate, which the agency first launched in late 2022. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs 2025-03-04 at 01:02 By Iain Thomson With friends like these… US stock markets have dipped after President Donald Trump confirmed the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on most goods coming into America from Canada and Mexico, and an extra ten percent tariff…

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…