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Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid 2025-03-31 at 15:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion  I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?… This article…

Stablecoins, tokenized assets gain as Trump tariffs loom 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Cryptocurrency investors are increasingly moving capital into stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in a bid to avoid volatility ahead of US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated tariff announcement on April 2. Increasingly more capital is flowing into stablecoins…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, IngressNightmare, Solar Bugs, DNS Tactics, and More 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By Every week, someone somewhere slips up—and threat actors slip in. A misconfigured setting, an overlooked vulnerability, or a too-convenient cloud tool becomes the perfect entry point. But what happens when the hunters become the hunted? Or when old malware…

5 Impactful AWS Vulnerabilities You’re Responsible For 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By If you’re using AWS, it’s easy to assume your cloud security is handled – but that’s a dangerous misconception. AWS secures its own infrastructure, but security within a cloud environment remains the customer’s responsibility. Think of AWS security like protecting a building: AWS provides…

Musk’s xAI swallows Musk’s X in ego-friendly, all-stock deal 2025-03-31 at 14:36 By Richard Speed Social media platform magically worth a billion more than what he bought it for Comment  Billionaire Elon Musk’s xAI is to acquire billionaire Elon Musk’s X in a deal that values the former at $80 billion and the latter at…

Crypto funds see $226M of inflows, but asset values slump — CoinShares 2025-03-31 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued to see modest inflows last week, extending a reversal from a record-breaking streak of outflows. Global crypto ETPs posted $226 million in inflows in the last trading week, adding to…

Trump sons back new Bitcoin mining venture with Hut 8 2025-03-31 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Several members of US President Donald Trump’s family are backing a new venture to launch what aims to become the world’s largest Bitcoin mining firm. Hut 8, a digital asset mining and infrastructure company, announced on March…

How to file crypto taxes in the US (2024–2025 tax season) 2025-03-31 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Key takeaways US crypto investors must file their 2024 tax returns by April 15, 2025, ensuring all crypto transactions are accurately reported to the IRS. Crypto held for less than a year is taxed as…

European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill 2025-03-31 at 13:51 By Iain Thomson I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that The last commands have been sent to the ESA’s Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is shutting down its computers and boosting out into…

Russia-Linked Gamaredon Uses Troop-Related Lures to Deploy Remcos RAT in Ukraine 2025-03-31 at 13:37 By Entities in Ukraine have been targeted as part of a phishing campaign designed to distribute a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. “The file names use Russian words related to the movement of troops in Ukraine as a lure,” Cisco…

FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak working remotely from Utah — despite Trump’s RTO order and DOGE clampdown: sources 2025-03-31 at 13:05 By Thomas Barrabi A powerful member of the Federal Trade Commission has been working her high-profile post remotely – despite President Trump’s demands that federal employees show up to the office five days a week,…

Coinbase users hit by $46M in suspected phishing scams — ZachXBT 2025-03-31 at 13:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Coinbase users may have lost as much as $46 million to suspected phishing scams over the past two weeks as rising crypto prices continue to attract bad actors to the industry. Scams such as address poisoning…

Ransomware crews add ‘EDR killers’ to their arsenal – and some aren’t even malware 2025-03-31 at 13:05 By Jessica Lyons Crims are disabling security tools early in attacks, Talos says interview  Antivirus and endpoint security tools are falling short as ransomware crews increasingly deploy “EDR killers” to disable defenses early in the attack – a…

UK finance watchdog spends millions ‘enhancing’ Workday software rolled out 4 years ago 2025-03-31 at 12:23 By Lindsay Clark FCA still splashing on customizing, integrating HR and finance system way after 2021 go-live The UK’s financial regulator is signing a deal worth up to £12.3 million ($15.9 million) with tech services biz Cognizant to make…

Typosquatting in crypto, explained: How hackers exploit small mistakes 2025-03-31 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by SK Arora What is typosquatting in crypto? Typosquatting in crypto involves registering domain names that mimic popular platforms with slight misspellings to deceive users into revealing sensitive information. In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, cryptocurrencies have become a significant form…

Worst Q1 for BTC price since 2018: 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-03-31 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) limps into the end of Q1 on 13% losses as fresh macroeconomic volatility looms. BTC price action risks a fresh dip below $80,000 as new US trade tariffs weigh on…

When even Microsoft can’t understand its own Outlook, big tech is stuck in a swamp of its own making 2025-03-31 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins Make things that work for the billions, not the billionaires Opinion  Since it is currently fashionable to make laws by whim and decree, here are three that should apply immediately…

Stop pretending technical and human vulnerabilities are separate things 2025-03-31 at 11:04 By Cointelegraph by Andrey Sergeenkov Opinion by: Andrey Sergeenkov, researcher, analyst and writer Crypto founders love big promises: decentralized finance, banking the unbanked and freedom from intermediaries. Then hacks happen. In some cases, billions vanish overnight.  On Feb. 21, 2025, the North Korean…

Cashless society could be why fewer kids are eating coins and sticking things up their noses 2025-03-31 at 09:39 By Simon Sharwood NHS boffins think there’s a connection, but ‘snot all good news: Swallowing batteries is even more dangerous Researchers from the UK’s National Health Service believe increasing adoption of cashless payments may be having…

South Korean crypto exchange users hit 16M in ‘saturation point’ 2025-03-31 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto exchange users in South Korea have crossed over 16 million after receiving a boost following US President Donald Trump’s election win last November.  Data submitted to representative Cha Gyu-geun of the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party…

Japan to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products: Report 2025-03-31 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Japan’s finance regulator is planning to change the country’s laws to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products as early as 2026, according to the local outlet Nikkei. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to submit a bill to parliament to…

California introduces ’Bitcoin rights’ in amended digital assets bill 2025-03-31 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Californian lawmaker has just added Bitcoin and crypto investor protections to a February-introduced money transmission bill aimed at securing crypto self-custody rights for the US state’s nearly 40 million residents. California’s Assembly Bill 1052 was introduced as…

Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan 2025-03-31 at 07:51 By Simon Sharwood 11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing Chinese tech companies created entities in Taiwan and disguised them so they had no connections to China, so they could lure…

AI overhaul at McDonald’s needs a super-sized security approach 2025-03-31 at 07:03 By Introducing new technology at the many customer interfaces in quick service restaurants opens up fresh attack surfaces for threat actors. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

DeFi protocol SIR.trading loses entire $355K TVL in ‘worst news’ possible 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Ethereum-based DeFi protocol SIR.trading, also known as Synthetics Implemented Right, has been hacked, resulting in the loss of its entire total value locked (TVL) — $355,000 at the time of the attack.  The March 30 hack…

MARA Holdings plans huge $2B stock offering to buy more Bitcoin 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc (MARA) is looking to sell up to $2 billion in stock to buy more Bitcoin as part of a plan that bears a resemblance to Michael Saylor’s Strategy. MARA Holdings, formerly…

Android malware ‘Crocodilus’ can take over phones to steal crypto 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cybersecurity firm Threat Fabric says it has found a new family of mobile-device malware that can launch a fake overlay for certain apps to trick Android users into providing their crypto seed phrases as it takes over…

One in four S&P 500 firms will hold Bitcoin by 2030: Crypto advisory 2025-03-31 at 04:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Around a quarter of firms listed on the S&P 500 would have invested in Bitcoin by 2030, with treasury managers fearing they could lose their jobs if they missed out on potential Bitcoin gains,…

Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs 2025-03-31 at 03:10 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin looks set for a bearish open to mark the last trading day of March and possibly the weakest Q1 performance since 2018.  Crypto and stock traders’ anxiety over US President…

Centralization and the dark side of asset tokenization — MEXC exec 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and…

Bitcoin bottom ‘likely’ at $80K, opening door for TON, CRO, MNT and RENDER to rally 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to start a recovery but selling at higher levels continues to disarm each attack of the range highs. Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in a post on…

Binance debuts centralized exchange to decentralized exchange trades 2025-03-30 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto exchange Binance has debuted centralized exchange (CEX) to decentralized exchange trades (DEX), allowing customers to use funds from their Binance wallets to execute DEX trades — eliminating the need for asset bridging or manual transfers. According to the…

Stablecoins are powering deobanks 2025-03-30 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Maksym Sakharov Opinion by: Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and group CEO of WeFi  The current markets are experiencing tailwinds as a result of the tariffs imposed by the US administration and retaliatory measures from trading partners. So far, however, market proponents say that Trump’s tariffs are…

Trump’s trade war pressures crypto market as April 2 tariffs loom 2025-03-30 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Concerns over a global trade war continue to pressure traditional and cryptocurrency markets as investors brace for a potential tariff announcement from US President Donald Trump on April 2 — a move that could set the…

$65K Bitcoin price targets pile up as ‘Spoofy the Whale’ buys the dip 2025-03-30 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) circled $83,000 on March 30 after weekend volatility brought new ten-day lows. BTC/USD 4-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price action deals snap weekend downside Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed…

Is XRP price around $2 an opportunity or the bull market’s end? Analysts weigh in 2025-03-30 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) has dropped nearly 40% to around $2.19, two months after hitting a multi-year high of $3.40. The cryptocurrency is tracking a broader market sell-off driven by President Donald Trump’s trade…