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Chart Toppers Live: RSAC™ 2025 Conference Highlights 2025-05-01 at 16:02 By Paul Miller Follow me to catch the top #RSAC moments you may have missed This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Plume CEO questions $21B RWA market size, says institutions not ready 2025-05-01 at 16:01 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz and Sam Bourgi Amid the intensifying global race to tokenize real-world assets, the market is still too nascent for institutional adoption, according to Chris Yin, the co-founder and CEO of Galaxy-backed RWA platform Plume. Institutional capital…

NASA probes propulsion problem in Psyche’s thrusters 2025-05-01 at 15:45 By Richard Speed Mission to a metal asteroid lacks xenon pressure NASA is looking into propulsion problems experienced by a probe on its way to orbit the asteroid Psyche.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Morgan Stanley eyes crypto rollout for E*Trade platform: Bloomberg 2025-05-01 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Banking giant Morgan Stanley reportedly plans to list cryptocurrencies on its E*Trade investment brokerage and trading platform. According to a May 1 Bloomberg report, the firm intends to list crypto assets on E*Trade in 2026. The plan is…

89% of security teams have already begun to implement AI 2025-05-01 at 15:03 By A recent Cymulate report found that 71% of those surveyed consider threat exposure validation to be “absolutely essential.”  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Why top SOC teams are shifting to Network Detection and Response 2025-05-01 at 15:03 By Security Operations Center (SOC) teams are facing a fundamentally new challenge — traditional cybersecurity tools are failing to detect advanced adversaries who have become experts at evading endpoint-based defenses and signature-based detection systems. The reality of these “invisible intruders” is…

Claude AI Exploited to Operate 100+ Fake Political Personas in Global Influence Campaign 2025-05-01 at 15:03 By Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has revealed that unknown threat actors leveraged its Claude chatbot for an “influence-as-a-service” operation to engage with authentic accounts across Facebook and X. The sophisticated activity, branded as financially-motivated, is said to have…

Google details plans for 1 MW IT racks exploiting electric vehicle supply chain 2025-05-01 at 14:49 By Dan Robinson Switching voltage allows search giant to switch up power delivery system Google is planning for datacenter racks supporting 1 MW of IT hardware loads, plus the cooling infrastructure to cope, as AI processing continues to grow…

Linux in Excel? Sure, why not ruin both 2025-05-01 at 14:18 By Richard Speed The spreadsheet from Hell From the department of “but… why?” comes news of Linux running in Microsoft Excel, although all might not be as it seems.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin price about to ‘blast’ higher as Fed rate cut odds jump to 60% 2025-05-01 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Bitcoin holds $95,000 as Fed rate cut odds rise to 60% for June 18 as US economy slumps. Breaking $95,000 could push BTC price toward $100,000, while dropping below $93,000 may…

MultiBank, MAG, Mavryk ink world’s largest $3B RWA tokenization deal 2025-05-01 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas MultiBank Group, the world’s largest financial derivatives institution based in Dubai, has signed a landmark $3 billion real-world asset (RWA) tokenization agreement with United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate giant MAG and blockchain infrastructure provider Mavryk. The…

Eric Trump: USD1 will be used for $2B MGX investment in Binance 2025-05-01 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX will use a stablecoin linked to US President Donald Trump’s family to settle a $2 billion investment in Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The World Liberty Financial USD (USD1)…

New Research Reveals: 95% of AppSec Fixes Don’t Reduce Risk 2025-05-01 at 13:32 By For over a decade, application security teams have faced a brutal irony: the more advanced the detection tools became, the less useful their results proved to be. As alerts from static analysis tools, scanners, and CVE databases surged, the promise of…

DarkWatchman, Sheriff Malware Hit Russia and Ukraine with Stealth and Nation-Grade Tactics 2025-05-01 at 13:32 By Russian companies have been targeted as part of a large-scale phishing campaign that’s designed to deliver a known malware called DarkWatchman. Targets of the attacks include entities in the media, tourism, finance and insurance, manufacturing, retail, energy, telecom, transport,…

Data watchdog will leave British Library alone – further probes ‘not worth our time’ 2025-05-01 at 13:17 By Connor Jones No MFA? No problem – as long as you show you’ve learned your lesson The UK’s data protection overlord is not going to pursue any further investigation into the British Library’s 2023 ransomware attack.… This…

Bitcoin eyes gains as macro data makes US recession 2025 ‘base case’ 2025-05-01 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin traders wait for signals of US economic policy loosening as data forces the Federal Reserve into a corner. Recession is more likely than not, sources say, amid rising unemployment and resurgent inflation.…

Restaking can make DeFi more secure for institutional traders 2025-05-01 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amitej Gajjala Opinion by: Amitej Gajjala, co-founder and CEO of Kernel DAO The restaking narrative has moved fast — from side conversations in validator circles to the forefront of DeFi infrastructure discussions. It’s not hard to see why. DefiLlama states…

AI software development: Productivity revolution or fraught with risk? 2025-05-01 at 12:33 By Tim Anderson We look at the state of AI software development – it’s not going away, but risks abound Analysis  AI in software development has evolved rapidly since GitHub Copilot caught the world’s attention with its June 2021 preview – and shows…

Metaplanet to open US arm, plans to raise $250M for Bitcoin strategy 2025-05-01 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Metaplanet — a Japanese company focused on accumulating Bitcoin — announced it will launch a United States-based subsidiary. In a May 1 X post, Metaplanet announced that the firm is launching a wholly owned subsidiary…

Ethena partners with TON to offer USDe to one billion Telegram users 2025-05-01 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Decentralized stablecoin platform Ethena has partnered with The Open Network (TON) to make its stablecoins available to Telegram’s user base of over one billion people. The partnership, announced on May 1 at Token2049 in Dubai,…

HMRC’s Making Tax Digital scheme also made tax more expensive – by £300M 2025-05-01 at 11:48 By Lindsay Clark Watchdog says transformation effort added costs instead of savings for most businesses The UK tax authority’s push to digitize services has backfired, saddling taxpayers with hundreds of millions in extra costs, according to a report by…

Commvault Confirms Hackers Exploited CVE-2025-3928 as Zero-Day in Azure Breach 2025-05-01 at 11:48 By Enterprise data backup platform Commvault has revealed that an unknown nation-state threat actor breached its Microsoft Azure environment by exploiting CVE-2025-3928 but emphasized there is no evidence of unauthorized data access. “This activity has affected a small number of customers we…

‘Bad breach of ethics’ — Musk echoes crypto execs in backlash against WSJ 2025-05-01 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Tesla CEO Elon Musk has lashed out at The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), calling the publication’s latest report “an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS,” after it claimed the Tesla board was actively seeking his…

Microsoft tries to kill the ‘pausing datacenter builds must be bad news for AI’ trope 2025-05-01 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood Sees economic strife as chance to sell even more stuff than its $70bn Q3 haul Microsoft’s capital expenditure was slightly lower than forecast, in part due to “normal variability from the timing of delivery…

Strategy ends April up 32% in best month since November as Q1 earnings loom 2025-05-01 at 10:10 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Key takeaways: Strategy’s stock rose 32% in April, its biggest monthly gain since November. Speculation is building that Strategy will announce a major capital raise during its Q1 earnings call on May 1…

Sam Altman’s eye-scanning crypto project World launches in US 2025-05-01 at 10:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s crypto-tied digital identity project World, formerly Worldcoin, has made its US debut in six cities.  The project, which aims to verify humans in the age of artificial intelligence, is initially coming to what it…

SonicWall Confirms Active Exploitation of Flaws Affecting Multiple Appliance Models 2025-05-01 at 10:09 By SonicWall has revealed that two now-patched security flaws impacting its SMA100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2023-44221 (CVSS score: 7.2) – Improper neutralization of special elements in…

KDE 3 lives to fight another day as Trinity Desktop 14.1.4 hits the shelves 2025-05-01 at 09:32 By Liam Proven Good news, everyone: 15 years on, TDE still pushes pixels The long-running fork of KDE 3 has dropped its latest update: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4, now with better distro support and a fresh coat of…

Crypto losses spike 1,100% in April with 5th-largest-ever hack: CertiK 2025-05-01 at 09:00 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto losses spiked by 1,163% over April, with the lion’s share of lost crypto coming from a single heist of an elderly US individual’s wallet, says blockchain security firm CertiK. CertiK said in an April 30 X…

Bitcoin DeFi will have 300M users, beating Ethereum and Solana: Exec 2025-05-01 at 09:00 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The first decentralized finance (DeFi) company to launch a user-friendly suite of products on Bitcoin will “win the entire market” of the blockchain’s 300 million users, one crypto founder says. Alexei Zamyatin, the co-founder of the…

North Carolina House passes state crypto investment bill 2025-05-01 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young North Carolina’s House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing the state’s treasurer to invest public funds in approved cryptocurrencies, which will now head to the Senate. The House passed the Digital Assets Investment Act, or House Bill 92,…

Galaxy Digital plans Nasdaq listing as crypto stocks post strong rebound 2025-05-01 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Key takeaways: Galaxy Digital plans to begin trading on the Nasdaq on May 16, pending shareholder and Nasdaq approval. Nasdaq-listed crypto firms posted strong gains in April after a period of macroeconomic uncertainty. Galaxy CEO Mike…

World Password Day: What’s next for password security? 2025-05-01 at 08:03 By This World Password Day, cybersecurity leaders are reflecting on how far passwords have come, and how much farther they have to go.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Samsung customers buying now to avoid future tariffs – and may slow purchases once they arrive 2025-05-01 at 07:49 By Simon Sharwood Datacenter build slowdown hurt storage sales but Korean giant sees bit barn rebound Samsung yesterday posted results a little better than it forecast, and attributed some of its record revenue and strong profit…