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  • 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…

  • Transforming cybersecurity into a strategic business enabler

    Transforming cybersecurity into a strategic business enabler 2025-04-09 at 08:20 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kevin Serafin, CISO at Ecolab, discusses aligning security strategy with long-term business goals, building strong partnerships across the organization, and approaching third-party risk with agility. How do you define cyber risk within your organization’s overall enterprise…

  • APTRS: Open-source automated penetration testing reporting system

    APTRS: Open-source automated penetration testing reporting system 2025-04-09 at 07:46 By Mirko Zorz APTRS is an open-source reporting tool built with Python and Django. It’s made for penetration testers and security teams who want to save time on reports. Instead of writing reports by hand, users can create PDF and Excel files directly in the…

  • AI agent platform Virtuals revenue plunges to $500 a day with token down 90%

    AI agent platform Virtuals revenue plunges to $500 a day with token down 90% 2025-04-09 at 07:07 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The artificial intelligence agent creation and monetization platform Virtuals Protocol has seen its daily revenue plummet to just $500 as demand for crypto AI agents continues to wane. “Probably one of the wildest…

  • AI is challenging the geopolitical status quo

    AI is challenging the geopolitical status quo 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By Help Net Security AI-powered cyberattacks are becoming powerful new weapons. Organizations need to act fast to close the gap between today’s defenses and tomorrow’s threats. These attacks are only going to grow. New data from Armis Labs shows that the threat of AI in…

  • Two-thirds of financial institutions faced cyberattacks in 2024

    Two-thirds of financial institutions faced cyberattacks in 2024 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By A recent Contrast Security report revealed that the financial sector faced a surge in attacks, with 64% of respondents reporting cybersecurity incidents in the past 12 months. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React…

  • 90% of US companies faced cyber fraud in 2024

    90% of US companies faced cyber fraud in 2024 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By According to a new report by Trustpair, cyber fraud (deepfakes, hacking, phishing, voice cloning, etc.) rose by 14% year over year (YoY). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Adobe Patches 11 Critical ColdFusion Flaws Amid 30 Total Vulnerabilities Discovered

    Adobe Patches 11 Critical ColdFusion Flaws Amid 30 Total Vulnerabilities Discovered 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By Adobe has released security updates to fix a fresh set of security flaws, including multiple critical-severity bugs in ColdFusion versions 2025, 2023 and 2021 that could result in arbitrary file read and code execution. Of the 30 flaws in the product,…

  • Shaquille O’Neal gets judge’s greenlight for $11M Astrals NFT settlement

    Shaquille O’Neal gets judge’s greenlight for $11M Astrals NFT settlement 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has been granted final court approval to settle a class-action lawsuit for $11 million with Astrals non-fungible token (NFT) buyers. Florida federal court judge Federico Moreno granted approval of the settlement between…

  • Melania Trump’s memecoin team ‘quietly sold’ $30M, says Bubblemaps

    Melania Trump’s memecoin team ‘quietly sold’ $30M, says Bubblemaps 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald The team behind US first lady Melania Trump’s memecoin, Melania Meme (MELANIA), has moved $30 million worth of the token out of the project’s community funds and has begun selling them, says blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps. Bubblemaps said…

  • DOGE dilettantes ‘didn’t test’ Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale

    DOGE dilettantes ‘didn’t test’ Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Iain Thomson Feds claim creaky COBOL, user spike is real reason key portal now flaky The United States Social Security Administration’s internet portal has frequently gone offline in recent weeks, and presented inaccurate or incomplete information to users, perhaps…

  • Hackers hide crypto address-swapping malware in Microsoft Office add-in bundles

    Hackers hide crypto address-swapping malware in Microsoft Office add-in bundles 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Malicious actors are attempting to steal crypto with malware embedded in fake Microsoft Office extensions uploaded to the software hosting site SourceForge, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. One of the malicious listings, called “officepackage,” has real Microsoft…

  • Trump tariffs could lower Bitcoin miner prices outside US, says mining exec

    Trump tariffs could lower Bitcoin miner prices outside US, says mining exec 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs could collapse US demand for Bitcoin mining rigs, which would benefit mining operations outside the country as manufacturers will look outside the US to sell their surplus inventory for cheaper,…

  • Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on female colleagues at work, home

    Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on female colleagues at work, home 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Thomas Claburn Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been accused of compromising the US healthcare organization’s…

  • AI entrepreneur sent avatar to argue in court – and the judge shut it down fast

    AI entrepreneur sent avatar to argue in court – and the judge shut it down fast 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Thomas Claburn We hear from court-scolded Jerome Dewald, who insists lawyer-bots have a future Interview  The founder of an AI startup who attempted to use an artificially generated avatar to argue his case in court…

  • CTEM + CREM: Aligning Your Cybersecurity Strategy

    CTEM + CREM: Aligning Your Cybersecurity Strategy 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cyber threats evolve daily, and organizations need to move beyond traditional security approaches to stay ahead. That’s why Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), a concept introduced by Gartner, has been gaining traction. CTEM isn’t just another cybersecurity buzzword; it’s a structured, continuous program designed…

  • Tough luck, Windows 10 users. No fix yet for ransomware-exploited OS bug

    Tough luck, Windows 10 users. No fix yet for ransomware-exploited OS bug 2025-04-09 at 02:49 By Iain Thomson A novel way to encourage upgrades? Microsoft would never stoop so low Patch Tuesday  Patch Tuesday has arrived, and Microsoft has revealed one flaw in its products under active exploitation and 11 critical issues in its code…

  • TSMC blew whistle on suspected verboten exports to Huawei – that may cost it $1B+

    TSMC blew whistle on suspected verboten exports to Huawei – that may cost it $1B+ 2025-04-09 at 01:12 By Tobias Mann What did we learn today, hm? TSMC could end up paying $1 billion or more to settle a US investigation into whether the Taiwanese outfit busted sanctions by indirectly producing AI accelerators for America’s…

  • Cboe BZX files to list Canary’s SUI ETF

    Cboe BZX files to list Canary’s SUI ETF 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Cboe BZX Exchange has asked United States regulators for clearance to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by Sui (SUI), the native token of the Sui Network, public filings show.  The request submitted on April 8 must be reviewed…

  • Bitcoin weekly RSI hits bull market low as trader sees $70K BTC price bottom

    Bitcoin weekly RSI hits bull market low as trader sees $70K BTC price bottom 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) has a new $70,000 reversal target as a leading indicator sets new bull market lows. In X analysis on April 7, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital predicted that BTC/USD could…

  • Canadian nuclear watchdog green-lights construction of first licensed SMR

    Canadian nuclear watchdog green-lights construction of first licensed SMR 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another licence entirely Canadian nuclear regulators have approved an Ontario company’s request to build a single small modular reactor – the first such license issued in the country. But with the chosen design…

  • China counters tariffs with yuan devaluation, which is ‘bullish for BTC’

    China counters tariffs with yuan devaluation, which is ‘bullish for BTC’ 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi With US President Donald Trump imposing 104% tariffs on Chinese imports, Beijing is responding by letting the yuan weaken against the dollar — a move that analysts say could spark the next leg of the Bitcoin…

  • Gaming NFT maker Aavegotchi votes to ditch Polygon for Base

    Gaming NFT maker Aavegotchi votes to ditch Polygon for Base 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Aavegotchi, a non-fungible token (NFT) protocol focused on Web3 gaming, has opted to abandon blockchain network Polygon and “go all-in” on Base, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling chain, according to the results of an onchain vote.  On April…

  • Ethereum price data highlights $1,000 as the final bottom for ETH

    Ethereum price data highlights $1,000 as the final bottom for ETH 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ether (ETH), the native token of Ethereum, is showing signs of bullish exhaustion after a steep 65% decline over the past three months. The pace of the downtrend and the oversold conditions shown by various ETH…

  • Meta accused of Llama 4 bait-and-switch to juice AI benchmark rank

    Meta accused of Llama 4 bait-and-switch to juice AI benchmark rank 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Tobias Mann Did Facebook giant rizz up LLM to win over human voters? It appears so Meta submitted a specially crafted, non-public variant of its Llama 4 AI model to an online benchmark that may have unfairly boosted its leaderboard…

  • Verizon API Flaw Exposed User Call Logs

    Verizon API Flaw Exposed User Call Logs 2025-04-08 at 22:51 View original post at vpnMentor A serious security vulnerability in Verizon’s Call Filter app allowed users to access the incoming call logs of any other Verizon customer by modifying an API request. The issue, discovered by cybersecurity researcher Evan Connelly, was disclosed to Verizon in…

  • Boeing 787 radio software patch didn’t work, says Qatar

    Boeing 787 radio software patch didn’t work, says Qatar 2025-04-08 at 22:31 By Iain Thomson ‘Loss of safe separation between aircraft, collision, or runway incursion’ is not what we want to hear Boeing issued a software patch for the VHF radio systems used on its 787 aircraft, and the update turned out to be ineffective,…

  • Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows CLFS zero-day (CVE-2025-29824)

    Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows CLFS zero-day (CVE-2025-29824) 2025-04-08 at 22:16 By Zeljka Zorz April 2025 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 120+ vulnerabilities, including a zero-day (CVE-2025-29824) that’s under active attack. CVE-2025-29824 CVE-2025-29824 is a user-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) that can be – and…

  • Hi-ho, Cyber! Bizarre robotic horse dreamed up by motorcycle maker hits the ground running

    Hi-ho, Cyber! Bizarre robotic horse dreamed up by motorcycle maker hits the ground running 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Ben Cost Here comes the Termi-neigh-tor. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

  • BlackRock taps Anchorage Digital for digital asset custody

    BlackRock taps Anchorage Digital for digital asset custody 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Asset manager BlackRock is partnering with Anchorage Digital for crypto custody services, a move aimed at addressing the rising demand for digital assets from retail and institutional investors. According to an April 8 announcement, BlackRock is the world’s largest…

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