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  • UK officials insist ‘murder prediction tool’ algorithms purely abstract

    UK officials insist ‘murder prediction tool’ algorithms purely abstract 2025-04-09 at 16:46 By Connor Jones Even though policing department spent 2 years on study predicting which criminals will become killers The UK’s justice department has confirmed it is working on developing algorithms to predict which criminals will later become murderers.… This article is an excerpt…

  • Forescout eyeScope provides organizations with insight into their security posture

    Forescout eyeScope provides organizations with insight into their security posture 2025-04-09 at 16:33 By Industry News Forescout announced new Forescout eyeScope cloud visibility and monitoring solution, expanding the Forescout 4D Platform to the cloud. Forescout also announced a new, small footprint, edge data collector for enterprises that require Forescout’s asset intelligence capabilities managed from the…

  • Enzoic AD Lite Password Audit Report

    Enzoic AD Lite Password Audit Report 2025-04-09 at 16:24 By Help Net Security Enzoic for AD Lite Password Auditor is an innovative tool designed to integrate with an organization’s Active Directory environment seamlessly. Enzoic analyzed the 2024 AD Lite Password Auditor data to produce this report. New mandates and heightened awareness in 2024 have pushed…

  • Bitcoin’s safe-haven appeal grows during trade war uncertainty

    Bitcoin’s safe-haven appeal grows during trade war uncertainty 2025-04-09 at 16:00 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The global trade war may be a silver lining for Bitcoin’s growing recognition as a safe-haven asset next to gold, thanks to its liquidity and accessibility advantages compared to precious metals. Financial markets have been rattled since US President…

  • New York bill proposes blockchain study for election record security

    New York bill proposes blockchain study for election record security 2025-04-09 at 16:00 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Blockchain may soon earn itself a role in New York State’s voting processes and procedures. New York Assemblymember Clyde Vanel introduced Bill A07716 on April 8, directing the state Board of Elections to evaluate how blockchain could…

  • WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401)

    WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401) 2025-04-09 at 16:00 By Zeljka Zorz WhatsApp users are urged to update the Windows client app to plug a serious security vulnerability (CVE-2025-30401) that may allow attackers to trick users into running malicious code. Meta classifies the vulnerability as a spoofing issue that…

  • Okta extends identity security fabric to non-human identities

    Okta extends identity security fabric to non-human identities 2025-04-09 at 15:50 By Industry News Okta announced new Okta Platform capabilities to help businesses secure AI agents and other non-human identities with the same level of visibility, control, governance, and automation as human ones. The Okta Platform will now bring a unified, end-to-end identity security fabric…

  • Real estate not the best asset for RWA tokenization — Michael Sonnenshein

    Real estate not the best asset for RWA tokenization — Michael Sonnenshein 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra As more institutions explore blockchain-based finance, some industry leaders say tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) may surpass $30 trillion by the 2030s. Others are casting doubt on that projection. In June 2024, Standard Chartered Bank and…

  • Crypto fintech Taurus launches interbank network for digital assets

    Crypto fintech Taurus launches interbank network for digital assets 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Swiss cryptocurrency fintech Taurus has launched an interbank network that is purpose-built for regulated institutions involved in digital asset operations. On April 9, Taurus said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph that it had launched Taurus-Network (TN), an…

  • Kraken taps Mastercard to launch crypto debit cards in Europe, UK

    Kraken taps Mastercard to launch crypto debit cards in Europe, UK 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has partnered with Mastercard to issue crypto debit cards across the United Kingdom and Europe, the company announced on April 8. The partnership will enable the crypto exchange to expand its payment offerings…

  • Google’s got a hot cloud security startup, a new unified platform — and its eye on Microsoft’s $20B+ security biz

    Google’s got a hot cloud security startup, a new unified platform — and its eye on Microsoft’s $20B+ security biz 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By Jessica Lyons Chocolate Factory doubles down on enterprise security at Cloud Next Google will today reveal a new unified security platform that analysts think can help it battle Microsoft for a…

  • Akamai boosts WAF protections across multiple environments

    Akamai boosts WAF protections across multiple environments 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By Industry News Akamai introduced App & API Protector Hybrid. Users can now expand the critical web application firewall (WAF) capabilities of Akamai’s web application and API protection (WAAP) while consistently securing applications and APIs for multicloud, on-premises, and CDN-agnostic environments. Security leaders are increasingly tasked with…

  • Qevlar AI Raises $10 Million for Autonomous Investigation Platform

    Qevlar AI Raises $10 Million for Autonomous Investigation Platform 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By Ionut Arghire French cybersecurity startup Qevlar AI has raised $10 million in a funding round led by EQT Ventures and Forgepoint Capital International. The post Qevlar AI Raises $10 Million for Autonomous Investigation Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an…

  • New TCESB Malware Found in Active Attacks Exploiting ESET Security Scanner

    New TCESB Malware Found in Active Attacks Exploiting ESET Security Scanner 2025-04-09 at 15:24 By A Chinese-affiliated threat actor known for its cyber-attacks in Asia has been observed exploiting a security flaw in security software from ESET to deliver a previously undocumented malware codenamed TCESB. “Previously unseen in ToddyCat attacks, [TCESB] is designed to stealthily…

  • FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever

    FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever 2025-04-09 at 14:48 By Liam Proven The 1990s called – they’re impressed The FreeDOS Project has released version 1.4 of its fully open source DOS-compatible OS – but you’ll need a BIOS for bare metal.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

  • Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails

    Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails 2025-04-09 at 14:48 By Eduard Kovacs The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has disclosed an email security incident in which 100 accounts were compromised for over a year.  The post Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek.…

  • CISA Urges Urgent Patching for Exploited CentreStack, Windows Zero-Days

    CISA Urges Urgent Patching for Exploited CentreStack, Windows Zero-Days 2025-04-09 at 14:24 By Ionut Arghire CISA has added fresh CentreStack and Windows CLFS vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The post CISA Urges Urgent Patching for Exploited CentreStack, Windows Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source…

  • Explosive Growth of Non-Human Identities Creating Massive Security Blind Spots

    Explosive Growth of Non-Human Identities Creating Massive Security Blind Spots 2025-04-09 at 14:24 By GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl report for 2025 reveals the alarming scale of secrets exposure in modern software environments. Driving this is the rapid growth of non-human identities (NHIs), which have been outnumbering human users for years. We need to get…

  • Thailand targets foreign crypto P2P services in new anti-crime laws

    Thailand targets foreign crypto P2P services in new anti-crime laws 2025-04-09 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Thailand is beefing up measures to combat online crimes involving digital assets by passing new amendments to several national laws. Thailand’s cabinet on April 8 passed a resolution approving amendments to emergency decrees on digital asset businesses…

  • 4th gen crypto needs collaborative tokenomics against tech giants — Hoskinson

    4th gen crypto needs collaborative tokenomics against tech giants — Hoskinson 2025-04-09 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The next generation of cryptocurrency projects must embrace a more collaborative approach to compete with major centralized tech companies entering the Web3 space, according to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson. Speaking at Paris Blockchain Week 2025, Hoskinson…

  • Vulnerabilities Patched by Ivanti, VMware, Zoom 

    Vulnerabilities Patched by Ivanti, VMware, Zoom  2025-04-09 at 14:02 By Ionut Arghire Ivanti, VMware, and Zoom released fixes for dozens of vulnerabilities in their products on April 2025 Patch Tuesday. The post Vulnerabilities Patched by Ivanti, VMware, Zoom  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this…

  • Microsoft resets ‘days since last Windows 11 problem’ counter to 0

    Microsoft resets ‘days since last Windows 11 problem’ counter to 0 2025-04-09 at 13:43 By Richard Speed SenseShield the latest company to fall foul of 24H2 Microsoft has thrown up a Windows 11 24H2 compatibility hold for devices running SenseShield Technology’s sprotect.sys driver.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

  • RCE flaw in MSP-friendly file sharing platform exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-30406)

    RCE flaw in MSP-friendly file sharing platform exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-30406) 2025-04-09 at 13:43 By Zeljka Zorz A critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2025-30406) affecting the Gladinet CentreStack file-sharing/remote access platform has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Tuesday. According to the vulnerability’s entry in NIST’s National Vulnerability Database, the flaw has been leveraged…

  • Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability

    Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability 2025-04-09 at 13:43 By Ionut Arghire Fortinet fixes a critical-severity bug in FortiSwitch that could allow an attacker to modify administrative passwords. The post Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack

    Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack 2025-04-09 at 13:43 By Eduard Kovacs Oracle is sending out written notifications to customers over the recent hack after it initially appeared to completely deny a data breach. The post Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This…

  • The 5 most unique products we saw at LA’s biohacker expo, from a muscle-spasm bodysuit to an eye-opening aging test

    The 5 most unique products we saw at LA’s biohacker expo, from a muscle-spasm bodysuit to an eye-opening aging test 2025-04-09 at 13:05 By Tracy Swartz It was one for the anti-ages. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Argentine lawmakers back Milei probe in Libra crypto scandal

    Argentine lawmakers back Milei probe in Libra crypto scandal 2025-04-09 at 13:05 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Lawmakers in Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies backed an investigation into President Javier Milei’s alleged involvement in the Libra (LIBRA) cryptocurrency scandal. According to an April 8 report by local news outlet Buenos Aires Times, deputies in the lower…

  • Builders beware — The UK’s 2026 crypto regime is coming

    Builders beware — The UK’s 2026 crypto regime is coming 2025-04-09 at 13:05 By Cointelegraph by Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos Opinion by: Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, general counsel at StarkWare As Washington takes a softer stance on crypto, regulators are counting down to even stricter regulations in the UK. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is…

  • UK’s answer to DARPA sprouts new ideas, like programmable plants

    UK’s answer to DARPA sprouts new ideas, like programmable plants 2025-04-09 at 12:50 By Lindsay Clark Updated programs suggest ARIA will keep singing for another year The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has appointed a second tranche of program leaders and announced new program areas, suggesting confidence in its long-term funding.… This article…

  • PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware

    PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware 2025-04-09 at 12:35 By Microsoft has revealed that a now-patched security flaw impacting the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) was exploited as a zero-day in ransomware attacks aimed at a small number of targets. “The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real…

  • CISA Warns of CentreStack’s Hard-Coded MachineKey Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks

    CISA Warns of CentreStack’s Hard-Coded MachineKey Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks 2025-04-09 at 12:35 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30406 (CVSS score: 9.0),…

  • BitMEX CEO explains how perpetual swaps test altcoin value

    BitMEX CEO explains how perpetual swaps test altcoin value 2025-04-09 at 12:05 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra As the cryptocurrency market matures, advanced trading instruments like perpetual swap contracts are increasingly influencing the value of altcoins, according to BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz. Perpetual swap contracts are a type of crypto trading contract that lets traders…

  • Bitcoin ETFs lose $326M amid ‘evolving’ dynamic with TradFi markets

    Bitcoin ETFs lose $326M amid ‘evolving’ dynamic with TradFi markets 2025-04-09 at 12:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The evolving relationship between Bitcoin and traditional financial markets is under renewed pressure as global investors flee risk assets amid intensifying US trade tensions. US-listed spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their fourth consecutive day of…

  • Cybersecurity experts share how AI could enhance tax-related scams

    Cybersecurity experts share how AI could enhance tax-related scams 2025-04-09 at 12:05 By Cybersecurity experts share their insights on AI-related threats and how users can stay safe this tax season.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Microsoft lists seven habits of highly effective Windows 11 users

    Microsoft lists seven habits of highly effective Windows 11 users 2025-04-09 at 11:59 By Richard Speed Strangely no eighth tip to use something else Microsoft has published seven tips for getting the most out of Windows 11, and the pitches for the operating system – which has failed to win hearts and minds of users…

  • ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Rockwell, ABB, Siemens, Schneider

    ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Rockwell, ABB, Siemens, Schneider 2025-04-09 at 11:59 By Eduard Kovacs Industrial giants Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider and ABB have released their March 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Rockwell, ABB, Siemens, Schneider appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • Laser-cooled chips: Maybe coming soon-ish to a datacenter near you

    Laser-cooled chips: Maybe coming soon-ish to a datacenter near you 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Brandon Vigliarolo Public-private partnership zaps photons at hotspots, hopes to ship by 2027 A startup backed by Sandia National Laboratories thinks it’s found a cool new way to keep the world’s supercomputers and datacenters cool enough to run efficiently: Zap ‘em…

  • Furl introduces AI-powered remediation platform

    Furl introduces AI-powered remediation platform 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Industry News Furl launched AI-powered remediation platform, designed to revolutionize how security teams tackle the ever-growing backlog of endpoint and server vulnerabilities. By leveraging automation and AI-driven remediation, Furl enables organizations to double their productivity while reducing manual workloads and operational complexity. Addressing the vulnerability backlog…

  • OpenSSL prepares for a quantum future with 3.5.0 release

    OpenSSL prepares for a quantum future with 3.5.0 release 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Help Net Security The OpenSSL Project has released version 3.5.0 of its widely used open-source cryptographic library, introducing new features and notable changes that signal its evolution toward future-ready cryptography. This feature release includes support for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), server-side QUIC, and…

  • Index Engines CyberSense 8.10 strengthens AI-driven cyber resilience

    Index Engines CyberSense 8.10 strengthens AI-driven cyber resilience 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Industry News Index Engines announced CyberSense 8.10, fully integrated with Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, which provides new capabilities to enhance cyber resilience and streamline recovery from ransomware attacks. CyberSense’s highly-trained AI ensures data integrity, empowering organizations to detect corruption from cyber threats and…

  • Fortinet unveils FortiAI innovations enhancing threat protection and security operations

    Fortinet unveils FortiAI innovations enhancing threat protection and security operations 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Industry News Fortinet has unveiled FortiAI innovations embedded across the Fortinet Security Fabric platform to enhance protection against new and emerging threats, simplify and automate security and network operations, and secure employee use of AI-enabled services. “Fortinet’s AI advantage stems from the…

  • Fastly DDoS Attack Insights helps reveal and explain the unfolding of a DDoS attack

    Fastly DDoS Attack Insights helps reveal and explain the unfolding of a DDoS attack 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Industry News Fastly announced key updates to Fastly DDoS Protection that deliver visibility into attack mitigation. Fastly DDoS Protection can mitigate attacks in seconds. Now with Fastly DDoS Protection’s Attack Insights, security teams gain real-time insights into…

  • Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability

    Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Microsoft has released security fixes to address a massive set of 126 flaws affecting its software products, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 126 vulnerabilities, 11 are rated Critical, 112 are rated…

  • Trump tariffs reignite idea that Bitcoin could outlast US dollar

    Trump tariffs reignite idea that Bitcoin could outlast US dollar 2025-04-09 at 10:17 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The lingering fears triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs have analysts increasingly convinced that Bitcoin is now more likely than ever to challenge the US dollar in the years ahead. “Higher chance Bitcoin survives…

  • Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it

    Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it 2025-04-09 at 10:17 By Simon Sharwood Recently formed AI Preferences Working Group has August deadline to develop ideas on how to tell crawlers to go away, or come for a feast The Internet Engineering Task Force has chartered a group…

  • Tufin Orchestration Suite R25-1 brings expanded device coverage and boosts cloud security

    Tufin Orchestration Suite R25-1 brings expanded device coverage and boosts cloud security 2025-04-09 at 10:16 By Industry News Tufin releases Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) R25-1, bringing expanded device coverage, deeper visibility, and stronger cloud security to today’s modern hybrid and multi-cloud networks. As enterprises expand their networks across multiple cloud platforms and vendors, maintaining security,…

  • Ethereum whale sells ETH after 900 days, missing $27M possible peak profit

    Ethereum whale sells ETH after 900 days, missing $27M possible peak profit 2025-04-09 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte An Ether whale who had held 10,000 Ether for the last 900 days has sold their entire stash and missed out on a peak profit of $27.6 million when the cryptocurrency was worth over $4,000. …

  • Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin just 15% of the time since its launch

    Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin just 15% of the time since its launch 2025-04-09 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ethereum has only outperformed Bitcoin for 15% of all trading days since its launch almost a decade ago, according to analysts. Since Ether (ETH) began trading in mid-2015, it has underperformed against Bitcoin (BTC) 85%…

  • Why CISOs are doubling down on cyber crisis simulations

    Why CISOs are doubling down on cyber crisis simulations 2025-04-09 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz Cyber threats aren’t going away, and CISOs know prevention isn’t enough. Being ready to respond is just as important. Cyber crisis simulations offer a way to test that readiness. They let teams walk through real-world scenarios in a controlled setting,…

  • EU markets regulator says crypto may cause ‘broader stability issues’ as market grows

    EU markets regulator says crypto may cause ‘broader stability issues’ as market grows 2025-04-09 at 08:20 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that crypto will increasingly threaten traditional financial markets’ stability as the industry grows and becomes more entwined with traditional finance players. “We cannot rule out…

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