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  • Specsavers takes off the Oracle glasses, sees better ERP options

    Specsavers takes off the Oracle glasses, sees better ERP options 2025-04-02 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark £5M in savings? Should’ve gone to third-party support International optometry company Specsavers has paused the global standardization of its Oracle ERP system and moved to third-party support, saving £5 million ($6.5 million) that can be reallocated to the business.……

  • FIN7 Deploys Anubis Backdoor to Hijack Windows Systems via Compromised SharePoint Sites

    FIN7 Deploys Anubis Backdoor to Hijack Windows Systems via Compromised SharePoint Sites 2025-04-02 at 11:02 By The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been linked to a Python-based backdoor called Anubis (not to be confused with an Android banking trojan of the same name) that can grant them remote access to compromised Windows…

  • Speech now streaming from brains in real-time

    Speech now streaming from brains in real-time 2025-04-02 at 10:36 By Thomas Claburn Boosted human-computer interface promises better communication for patients who lost ability to speak Some smart cookies have implemented a brain-computer interface that can synthesize speech from thought in near real-time.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

  • Exabeam Nova accelerates threat detection and response

    Exabeam Nova accelerates threat detection and response 2025-04-02 at 10:36 By Industry News Exabeam unveiled Exabeam Nova, an autonomous AI agent delivering actionable intelligence that enables security teams to respond faster to incidents, reduce investigation times by over 50%, and mitigate threats more effectively. Exabeam delivers a multi-agent experience where specialized AI components are integrated…

  • Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes

    Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes 2025-04-02 at 09:15 By Iain Thomson Cupertino already squashed ’em in more recent releases – which this week get a fresh round of fixes Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address…

  • GameStop finishes $1.5B raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet

    GameStop finishes $1.5B raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with some proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin. The offering was initially set to raise at least $1.3 billion, but purchasers…

  • SEC and Gemini ask to pause lawsuit to explore ‘potential resolution’

    SEC and Gemini ask to pause lawsuit to explore ‘potential resolution’ 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The US Securities and Exchange Commission and crypto exchange Gemini have asked to pause the regulator’s suit over the exchange’s Gemini Earn program, saying they want to discuss a potential resolution.  In an April 1 letter…

  • Crypto PAC-backed Republicans win US House seats in Florida special elections

    Crypto PAC-backed Republicans win US House seats in Florida special elections 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Two Republicans who received a combined $1.5 million from the crypto-backed political action committee (PAC) Fairshake will enter the US House after winning special elections in Florida. Republican Jimmy Patronis won the vacant seat in Florida’s…

  • North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers

    North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers 2025-04-02 at 09:06 By Simon Sharwood With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

  • New Malware Loaders Use Call Stack Spoofing, GitHub C2, and .NET Reactor for Stealth

    New Malware Loaders Use Call Stack Spoofing, GitHub C2, and .NET Reactor for Stealth 2025-04-02 at 09:05 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of a malware loader called Hijack Loader that implements new features to evade detection and establish persistence on compromised systems. “Hijack Loader released a new module that implements call stack…

  • Balancing data protection and clinical usability in healthcare

    Balancing data protection and clinical usability in healthcare 2025-04-02 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron Weismann, CISO at Main Line Health, discusses the growing ransomware threat in healthcare and why the sector remains a prime target. He explains the difficulties of protecting patient information, securing legacy systems, and maintaining…

  • BlueToolkit: Open-source Bluetooth Classic vulnerability testing framework

    BlueToolkit: Open-source Bluetooth Classic vulnerability testing framework 2025-04-02 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz BlueToolkit is an open-source tool that helps find security flaws in Bluetooth Classic devices. It runs known and custom exploits to test if a device is vulnerable. Right now, it includes 43 different exploits. Some are public, and others were made specifically…

  • UK trade bodies ask government to make crypto a ‘strategic priority’

    UK trade bodies ask government to make crypto a ‘strategic priority’ 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Several British trade associations have asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office to appoint a special envoy dedicated to crypto and for a dedicated action plan for digital assets and blockchain technology. In a March 31 letter,…

  • Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware

    Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Help Net Security 99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of malicious emails that reached user inboxes delivered malware. This shows that while common…

  • Who’s driving ransomware’s accelerated growth in 2025

    Who’s driving ransomware’s accelerated growth in 2025 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By A look into IAB tactics, relations with ransomware groups and services offered. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Your smart home may not be as secure as you think

    Your smart home may not be as secure as you think 2025-04-02 at 06:31 By Help Net Security The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a major part of daily life. Smartphones, smart thermostats, security cameras, and other connected devices make tasks easier and improve comfort, efficiency, and productivity. But as the number of devices…

  • North Korea tech workers found among staff at UK blockchain projects

    North Korea tech workers found among staff at UK blockchain projects 2025-04-02 at 06:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Fraudulent tech workers with ties to North Korea are expanding their infiltration operations to blockchain firms outside the US after increased scrutiny from authorities, with some having worked their way into UK crypto projects, Google says.…

  • Kentucky joins Vermont and South Carolina in dropping Coinbase staking suit

    Kentucky joins Vermont and South Carolina in dropping Coinbase staking suit 2025-04-02 at 06:05 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Kentucky’s finance watchdog has dismissed its lawsuit against Coinbase over the exchange’s staking rewards program, following its peers in Vermont and South Carolina. Kentucky’s Department of Financial Institutions filed the stipulation to dismiss jointly with Coinbase…

  • Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work

    Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work 2025-04-02 at 04:39 By Iain Thomson But his emails! Sharing them with Google! Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive…

  • Mozilla is rolling Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival

    Mozilla is rolling Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival 2025-04-02 at 04:06 By Thomas Claburn Thunderbirds are Pro: Open-source email client to get message hosting, appointment scheduling, more Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla’s open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

  • Bitcoin traders are overstating the impact of the US-led tariff war on BTC price

    Bitcoin traders are overstating the impact of the US-led tariff war on BTC price 2025-04-02 at 03:05 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Despite Bitcoin’s 2.2% gains on April 1, BTC (BTC) hasn’t traded above $89,000 since March 7. Even though the recent price weakness is often linked to the escalating US-led global trade war, several…

  • Lightmatter says it’s ready to ship chip-to-chip optical highways as early as summer

    Lightmatter says it’s ready to ship chip-to-chip optical highways as early as summer 2025-04-02 at 03:05 By Tobias Mann AI accelerators to see the light, literally Lightmatter this week unveiled a pair of silicon photonic interconnects designed to satiate the growing demand for chip-to-chip bandwidth associated with ever-denser AI deployments.… This article is an excerpt…

  • Not even Intel’s top bosses know what’s on CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s chopping block

    Not even Intel’s top bosses know what’s on CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s chopping block 2025-04-02 at 01:21 By Tobias Mann Chipzilla chief asked customers to be ‘brutally honest’ … which will lead to what changes, we wonder Vision  Not even Intel’s top brass know what’s on newly minted CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s chopping block.… This article is…

  • Microsoft Using AI to Uncover Critical Bootloader Vulnerabilities

    Microsoft Using AI to Uncover Critical Bootloader Vulnerabilities 2025-04-02 at 00:40 By Ryan Naraine Using the Security Copilot tool, Microsoft discovered 20 critical vulnerabilities in widely deployed open-source bootloaders. The post Microsoft Using AI to Uncover Critical Bootloader Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to…

  • Babuk2 Bjorka: The Evolution of Ransomware for ‘Data Commoditization’

    Babuk2 Bjorka: The Evolution of Ransomware for ‘Data Commoditization’ 2025-04-02 at 00:15 By John Basmayor An investigation that started with a tip from one of our threat intel sources about the revival of the Babuk (figure 1) threat group has led Trustwave SpiderLabs to uncover what appears to be a paradigm shift in the ransomware…

  • Ethereum’s weekly blob fees hit 2025 lows

    Ethereum’s weekly blob fees hit 2025 lows 2025-04-02 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The Ethereum network’s main source of income from layer-2 (L2) scaling chains — “blob fees” — has sunk to the lowest weekly levels so far this year, according to data from Etherscan.  In the week ending March 30, Ethereum earned…

  • Andreessen Horowitz could help buy out TikTok’s Chinese investors ahead of Saturday deadline: report

    Andreessen Horowitz could help buy out TikTok’s Chinese investors ahead of Saturday deadline: report 2025-04-01 at 23:32 By Thomas Barrabi Andreesen Horowitz has reportedly joined negotiations to potentially buy out TikTok’s Chinese investors ahead of a crucial deadline this Saturday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

  • To avoid disaster-recovery disasters, learn from Reg readers’ experiences

    To avoid disaster-recovery disasters, learn from Reg readers’ experiences 2025-04-01 at 22:53 By Simon Sharwood Nobody’s tested the tapes this decade, thinks to back up the Recycle Bin, or takes care when using rm On Call Special  How can you avoid a disaster recovery disaster?… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

  • Undocumented Remote Access Backdoor Found in Unitree Go1 Robot Dog

    Undocumented Remote Access Backdoor Found in Unitree Go1 Robot Dog 2025-04-01 at 22:17 By Ryan Naraine The undocumented tunnel allows remote control all robot dogs on the tunnel network and use the vision cameras to see through their eyes. The post Undocumented Remote Access Backdoor Found in Unitree Go1 Robot Dog appeared first on SecurityWeek.…

  • Nvidia’s AI suite may get a whole lot pricier, thanks to Jensen’s GPU math mistake

    Nvidia’s AI suite may get a whole lot pricier, thanks to Jensen’s GPU math mistake 2025-04-01 at 21:50 By Tobias Mann The old naming convention didn’t just ‘screw up’ the NVLink nomenclature – it left money on the table Comment  At its GPU Technology Conference last month, Nvidia broke with convention by shifting its definition…

  • Meta trying to persuade Trump to fight European Union’s looming antitrust fine

    Meta trying to persuade Trump to fight European Union’s looming antitrust fine 2025-04-01 at 21:37 By Thomas Barrabi Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is asking the Trump administration to intervene as it faces a looming fine under the European Union’s strict antitrust rules. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

  • Over 1,500 PostgreSQL Servers Compromised in Fileless Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign

    Over 1,500 PostgreSQL Servers Compromised in Fileless Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign 2025-04-01 at 20:45 By Exposed PostgreSQL instances are the target of an ongoing campaign designed to gain unauthorized access and deploy cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said the activity is a variant of an intrusion set that was first flagged by Aqua Security in…

  • Hackers Access 9,000 Domestic Violence Court Documents

    Hackers Access 9,000 Domestic Violence Court Documents 2025-04-01 at 20:35 View original post at vpnMentor A leak of 9,000 sensitive New South Wales court documents may expose the details of domestic violence incidents, including some affecting children. The New South Wales Attorney-General has warned potential victims to take extra precautions in the aftermath as police…

  • US lawmaker will reintroduce crypto retirement bill to help Trump agenda

    US lawmaker will reintroduce crypto retirement bill to help Trump agenda 2025-04-01 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright For the second time, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is set to reintroduce a bill aimed at allowing Americans to add cryptocurrency to their retirement savings plans. In a March 31 Fox News interview, Sen. Tuberville said…

  • Grayscale files S-3 for Digital Large Cap ETF

    Grayscale files S-3 for Digital Large Cap ETF 2025-04-01 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Asset manager Grayscale has filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding a diverse basket of spot cryptocurrencies, US regulatory filings show. On April 1, Grayscale submitted an S-3 regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…

  • FAA closes investigations into Blue Origin landing fail, Starship Flight 7 explosion

    FAA closes investigations into Blue Origin landing fail, Starship Flight 7 explosion 2025-04-01 at 19:34 By Richard Speed New Glenn landing scuppered by engine problems The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is closing its investigations into both the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion and Blue Origin New Glenn-1 landing failure.… This article is an excerpt…

  • Enterprise Gmail Users Can Now Send End-to-End Encrypted Emails to Any Platform

    Enterprise Gmail Users Can Now Send End-to-End Encrypted Emails to Any Platform 2025-04-01 at 19:33 By On the 21st birthday of Gmail, Google has announced a major update that allows enterprise users to send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) to any user in any email inbox in a few clicks. The feature is rolling out starting today…

  • Bitcoin price flips volatile as traders eye $84.5K breakout

    Bitcoin price flips volatile as traders eye $84.5K breakout 2025-04-01 at 19:05 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) repeated earlier volatility at the April 1 Wall Street open as US trade tariff talk kept markets nervous. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin stays erratic ahead of crunch tariffs Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and…

  • Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition

    Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition 2025-04-01 at 18:50 By Richard Speed Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of…

  • Attackers are targeting CrushFTP vulnerability with public PoC (CVE-2025-2825)

    Attackers are targeting CrushFTP vulnerability with public PoC (CVE-2025-2825) 2025-04-01 at 18:49 By Zeljka Zorz Exploitation attempts targeting the CVE-2025-2825 vulnerability on internet-facing CrushFTP instances are happening, the Shadowserver Foundation has shared on Monday, and the attackers have been leveraging publicly available PoC exploit code. What can be done? CVE-2025-2825, affecting CrushFTP versions 10.0.0 through…

  • Hackers Looking for Vulnerable Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Portals

    Hackers Looking for Vulnerable Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Portals 2025-04-01 at 18:49 By Ionut Arghire GreyNoise warns of a coordinated effort probing the internet for potentially vulnerable Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect instances. The post Hackers Looking for Vulnerable Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Portals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View…

  • OpenAI raises $40B at $300B valuation in round led by SoftBank

    OpenAI raises $40B at $300B valuation in round led by SoftBank 2025-04-01 at 18:20 By Thomas Barrabi Sam Altman’s OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a funding round led by investment giant SoftBank as it looks to stave off competition like Elon Musk’s xAI and China-based DeepSeek. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

  • Multiple altcoins crash on April Fools’ day, crypto market holds steady

    Multiple altcoins crash on April Fools’ day, crypto market holds steady 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz A number of altcoins and memecoins saw a sharp sell-off on April Fools’ Day, April 1, with some tokens, including Act I The AI Prophecy, dropping nearly 60% in minutes. Act I The AI Prophecy (ACT),…

  • Bitcoin’s quantum-resistant hard fork is inevitable — It’s the only chance to fix node incentives

    Bitcoin’s quantum-resistant hard fork is inevitable — It’s the only chance to fix node incentives 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Michael Tabone Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for Cointelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) has long been hailed as unbreakable and untouchable, a digital stronghold against the forces of change. Bitcoin’s bedrock of security is…

  • Bybit to shut down NFT marketplace as trading volumes decline

    Bybit to shut down NFT marketplace as trading volumes decline 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the shutdown of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. In an April 1 announcement, Bybit warned its users that its NFT marketplace will cease operations on April 8, 2025, at 4:00 pm (UTC).…

  • Lucid PhaaS Hits 169 Targets in 88 Countries Using iMessage and RCS Smishing

    Lucid PhaaS Hits 169 Targets in 88 Countries Using iMessage and RCS Smishing 2025-04-01 at 17:55 By A new sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Lucid has targeted 169 entities in 88 countries using smishing messages propagated via Apple iMessage and Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Android. Lucid’s unique selling point lies in its weaponizing of…

  • Writing for humans? Perhaps in future we’ll write specifically for AI – and be paid for it

    Writing for humans? Perhaps in future we’ll write specifically for AI – and be paid for it 2025-04-01 at 17:32 By Thomas Claburn ‘There needs to be a better economic as well as copyright framework’, Thomson Reuters CPO tells us Interview  Thomson Reuters, based in Canada, recently scored a partial summary judgment against Ross Intelligence,…

  • Coinbase sees worst quarter since FTX collapse amid industry bloodbath

    Coinbase sees worst quarter since FTX collapse amid industry bloodbath 2025-04-01 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Publicly traded US-based crypto exchange Coinbase saw its worst quarter since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in 2022. Coinbase shares started 2025 trading at just over $257 on Jan. 2 and ended the quarter at a…

  • Hacker transfers $70M out of payment platform UPCX

    Hacker transfers $70M out of payment platform UPCX 2025-04-01 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Update April 1, 1:42 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Cyvers co-founder and chief technology officer Meir Dolev. An unauthorized party withdrew approximately $70 million in digital assets from open-source payment platform UPCX, according…

  • Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough

    Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough 2025-04-01 at 16:50 By Dan Robinson Commerce chief threatens to pull grants so firms double down on US spending More doubt is being cast over the US CHIPS Act program with the Trump administration threatening to halt payments unless companies…

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