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  • EU lands 25% counter tariff punch on US, Trump pauses broad levy hike – China excepted

    EU lands 25% counter tariff punch on US, Trump pauses broad levy hike – China excepted 2025-04-09 at 21:35 By Jude Karabus So this is what it’s like living in reality TV World War Fee  The EU voted Wednesday to introduce 25 percent import tariffs on American goods, with the first duties being collected from…

  • Bitcoin ‘significantly de-risked here’ as nearly 80% of cyclical price correction is done — Analyst

    Bitcoin ‘significantly de-risked here’ as nearly 80% of cyclical price correction is done — Analyst 2025-04-09 at 21:24 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin’s (BTC) futures market reflects a possible price cooldown after the cryptocurrency’s multiple weeks of correction. Data from CryptoQuant indicated that the BTC-USDT futures leverage ratio with respect to open interest (OI)…

  • US President Donald Trump issues 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs

    US President Donald Trump issues 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs 2025-04-09 at 21:24 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill United States President Donald Trump has issued a 90-day pause for “reciprocal tariffs,” and lowered the tariff rate to 10% on countries that do not retaliate with counter-tariffs. However, the President also said he would increase the…

  • Kalshi accepts Bitcoin deposits in bid to woo crypto-native users

    Kalshi accepts Bitcoin deposits in bid to woo crypto-native users 2025-04-09 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Prediction marketplace Kalshi has started taking Bitcoin (BTC) deposits in a bid to onboard more crypto-native users. The company that lets users bet on events ranging from election outcomes to Rotten Tomatoes film ratings has seen a…

  • Price analysis 4/9: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LEO, LINK, TON

    Price analysis 4/9: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LEO, LINK, TON 2025-04-09 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Risky assets remain volatile as trade war tension between the United States and China keeps investors on the edge. A minor positive is that Bitcoin (BTC) has avoided a sharp fall and is trading…

  • Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools

    Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools 2025-04-09 at 20:50 By Ryan Naraine Google plans to unleash automated AI agents into overtaxed SOCs to reduce the manual workload for cybersecurity investigators. The post Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek. This…

  • Groucho’s Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy

    Groucho’s Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy 2025-04-09 at 20:50 By Joshua Goldfarb The greatest security policies in the world are useless if enterprises don’t have a reasonable, consistent, and reliable way to implement them. The post Groucho’s Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy appeared first on…

  • No crypto project has registered with the SEC and ‘lived to tell the tale’ — House committee hearing

    No crypto project has registered with the SEC and ‘lived to tell the tale’ — House committee hearing 2025-04-09 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi United States securities laws are not flexible enough to account for digital assets, as evidenced by the parade of crypto-native companies that have tried and failed to get into…

  • Bitcoin has ‘fully decoupled’ despite tariff turmoil, says Adam Back

    Bitcoin has ‘fully decoupled’ despite tariff turmoil, says Adam Back 2025-04-09 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli As markets reel from geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, Bitcoin has shown relative resilience during events like Trump’s recent tariff bombshells, according to Blockstream CEO Adam Back. While in the short term, Bitcoin (BTC) may move in…

  • AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows

    AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows 2025-04-09 at 20:02 By Kevin Townsend Agentic AI has improved spear phishing effectiveness by 55% since 2023, research shows. The post AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to…

  • Chinese Apple supplier suggests shifting more production to US to dodge brunt of Trump tariffs: report

    Chinese Apple supplier suggests shifting more production to US to dodge brunt of Trump tariffs: report 2025-04-09 at 19:06 By Thomas Barrabi A key Apple supplier has suggested it could shift some production to the US and other countries in order to dodge the brunt of President Trump’s 104% tariffs on China. This article is…

  • Commercial space station outfit plans two Orbital Data Center nodes by the end of 2025

    Commercial space station outfit plans two Orbital Data Center nodes by the end of 2025 2025-04-09 at 19:06 By Richard Speed Yep. It’s Axiom’s datacenters in SPAAAAACE Axiom Space says it is planning to launch a pair of Orbital Data Center (ODC) nodes to low Earth orbit by the end of 2025.… This article is…

  • Recent version of Neptune RAT is spreading, stealing credentials

    Recent version of Neptune RAT is spreading, stealing credentials 2025-04-09 at 19:06 By Research has discovered a recent version of Neptune RAT, which is spreading and stealing credentials.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Lovable AI Found Most Vulnerable to VibeScamming — Enabling Anyone to Build Live Scam Pages

    Lovable AI Found Most Vulnerable to VibeScamming — Enabling Anyone to Build Live Scam Pages 2025-04-09 at 18:19 By Lovable, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform that allows for creating full-stack web applications using text-based prompts, has been found to be the most susceptible to jailbreak attacks, allowing novice and aspiring cybercrooks to set…

  • DeFi security and compliance must be improved to attract institutions

    DeFi security and compliance must be improved to attract institutions 2025-04-09 at 18:07 By Cointelegraph by Sergej Kunz Opinion by: Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inch Institutional players have been closely watching decentralized finance’s growth. Creating secure and compliant DeFi platforms is the only solution to build trust and attract more institutions. Clear waters attract big…

  • Bitcoin price at risk of new 5-month low near $71K if tariff war and stock market tumult continues

    Bitcoin price at risk of new 5-month low near $71K if tariff war and stock market tumult continues 2025-04-09 at 18:07 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) price made a swift move to $78,300 at the April 9 Wall Street open as “herd-like” price action in equities markets continued to spook risk-asset traders. BTC/USD…

  • Binance to launch second reward-bearing margin asset LDUSDt

    Binance to launch second reward-bearing margin asset LDUSDt 2025-04-09 at 18:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Binance is launching a new “reward-bearing margin asset” LDUSDt, which the company says is not a stablecoin. According to an April 9 announcement, LDUSDt can be obtained by swapping Tether’s USDt deposited in the firm’s Simple Earn yield product.…

  • Microsoft puts $1B US datacenter builds on hold amid tariff uncertainty

    Microsoft puts $1B US datacenter builds on hold amid tariff uncertainty 2025-04-09 at 17:47 By Dan Robinson Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed? Microsoft has called a halt to construction of three datacenter campuses in central Ohio, in a sign the tech giant is having to reappraise its…

  • Tech hiring stalls as AI hype, layoffs, tariffs, economic uncertainty, more collide

    Tech hiring stalls as AI hype, layoffs, tariffs, economic uncertainty, more collide 2025-04-09 at 17:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo And coming up next, Trump’s World War Fee The hint of optimism to be found in February’s tech jobs numbers? Yeah, it’s pretty much gone, according to multiple analyses of the latest data out from the US…

  • 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),…

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