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Fujitsu and its no public sector bids promises… what happened to them? 2025-04-28 at 14:31 By Lindsay Clark Comment  It’s easy to miss £125 million ($166 million). It could happen to anyone. Take Paul Patterson, for example. In January 2024, the director of Fujitsu Services Ltd emailed the UK government’s commercial arm to confirm the…

How Breaches Start: Breaking Down 5 Real Vulns 2025-04-28 at 14:20 By Not every security vulnerability is high risk on its own – but in the hands of an advanced attacker, even small weaknesses can escalate into major breaches. These five real vulnerabilities, uncovered by Intruder’s bug-hunting team, reveal how attackers turn overlooked flaws into…

Even untouched by tariffs, UK financial IT braces for the blow 2025-04-28 at 13:35 By Lindsay Clark Spend will come under scrutiny, but projects with good returns still likely to get backing, analyst says The ripple effects of recent US tariffs could hit sectors well beyond those currently in the firing line, or so warns…

ZachXBT flags suspicious $330M Bitcoin transfer triggering Monero surge 2025-04-28 at 13:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Onchain sleuth ZachXBT has flagged a suspicious transfer involving 3,520 Bitcoin (BTC) (valued at $330.7 million) that may indicate a major theft. The transaction, reported on April 28, saw funds moved from a potential victim’s wallet to the…

Earth Kurma Targets Southeast Asia With Rootkits and Cloud-Based Data Theft Tools 2025-04-28 at 13:00 By Government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia have become the target of a “sophisticated” campaign undertaken by a new advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Earth Kurma since June 2024. The attacks, per Trend Micro, have leveraged custom malware,…

Elon Musk’s X revenues in the UK crashed in 2023, down 66% 2025-04-28 at 12:32 By Paul Kunert Latest profit and loss accounts carry scars of ad spending exodus, but things improving. Maybe not everywhere though In the months following Tesla CEO and Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, now rebranded to X, business collapsed in…

Nexo back in the United States as Trump Jr. attends exclusive event 2025-04-28 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Cryptocurrency services platform Nexo announced that it is reentering the US market after facing previous regulatory challenges. According to an April 28 announcement, Nexo’s reentry event featured Donald Trump Jr., who said that he thinks…

Melania memecoin team sells $1.5M tokens as price pumps 21% 2025-04-28 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The team behind the Official Melania Meme (MELANIA) token sold more than $1.5 million of tokens over the past three days, suggesting a programmatic selling strategy that may add downside pressure to the token. The team behind…

Windows isn’t an OS, it’s a bad habit that wants to become an addiction 2025-04-28 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there’s a problem Opinion  Windows is at that awkward stage any global empire has to go through. Around one…

WooCommerce Users Targeted by Fake Patch Phishing Campaign Deploying Site Backdoors 2025-04-28 at 11:34 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a large-scale phishing campaign targeting WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a “critical patch” but deploy a backdoor instead. WordPress security company Patchstack described the activity as sophisticated and a…

A ‘local top’ and $88K retest? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-04-28 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) is bracing for a major US macro data week as crypto market participants warn of serious volatility next. Bitcoin retests $92,000 after a promising weekly close, but traders still see a…

Hackers Exploit Critical Craft CMS Flaws; Hundreds of Servers Likely Compromised 2025-04-28 at 10:34 By Threat actors have been observed exploiting two newly disclosed critical security flaws in Craft CMS in zero-day attacks to breach servers and gain unauthorized access. The attacks, first observed by Orange Cyberdefense SensePost on February 14, 2025, involve chaining the…

Coinbase presses to axe rule banning SEC staff from holding crypto 2025-04-28 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Coinbase has urged the US Office of Government Ethics to remove a rule banning Securities and Exchange Commission staff from holding crypto. SEC staff need to use crypto to better understand how it works and the…

Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025 2025-04-28 at 09:50 By Simon Sharwood Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year Microsoft has announced that its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will become a paid subscription service in July.… This article…

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial partners with Pakistan Crypto Council 2025-04-28 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has signed a Letter of Intent with the Pakistan Crypto Council to accelerate crypto adoption in the South Asian country and one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets. Under the partnership, World Liberty…

China-based Huawei to test AI chip aiming to rival Nvidia: Report 2025-04-28 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly developed a powerful artificial intelligence chip that could rival high-end processors from US chip maker Nvidia. The Shenzhen-based Huawei is poised to start testing a new AI chip called the…

Google goes cold on Europe: Stops making smart thermostats for continental conditions 2025-04-28 at 08:47 By Simon Sharwood And just-about bricks some of its older models everywhere Google has given up on smart thermostats in Europe.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

$16 billion: The amount of internet crime losses in 2024 2025-04-28 at 08:20 By Internet crime losses exceeded $16 billion in 2024. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitget takes legal action on alleged VOXEL futures price manipulation 2025-04-28 at 08:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto exchange Bitget says it is sending letters from its lawyers to account holders it alleges were involved in manipulating the price of perpetual futures contracts tied to the VOXEL token. Eight account holders that the exchange…

Bitcoin acts like ‘store of value that it is’ amid Trump policy chaos: NYDIG 2025-04-28 at 07:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin is starting to act as a store of value during times of “US-risk-off” sentiment, marking a potential shift in its relationship with traditional assets, according to the New York Digital Investment Group.…

Nike sued for $5 million over its shutdown of NFT platform RTFKT 2025-04-28 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Nike has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that accuses the sportswear giant of operating a rug pull for shuttering its non-fungible token (NFT) platform RTFKT in January.  A group of RTFKT users led by…

Researcher proposes scaling Ethereum gas limit by 100x over 4 years 2025-04-28 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Ethereum mainnet’s gas limit could theoretically grow 100-fold and reach 2,000 transactions per second under a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) put forward by Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist. Feist, who had the blockchain’s “danksharding”…

New Bitcoin price all-time highs could occur in May — Here is why 2025-04-28 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Heavy liquidations played a role in Bitcoin’s return to $95,000. Bitcoin’s weakening correlation with stocks highlights its growing independence as an asset. Bullish institutional investor positioning contrasts with retail traders’ caution, supporting…

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund lost $40B in Q1— Will it hedge risk by increasing Bitcoin exposure? 2025-04-28 at 03:09 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Norges Bank lost $40 billion in Q1 2025 as US tech stocks fell, exposing the risk of concentrated positions. The bank’s indirect Bitcoin exposure via stocks reached $356 million,…

New APNIC director general steps up to steer the internet for 4 billion users 2025-04-28 at 00:18 By Simon Sharwood Jia Rong Low hopes to make registries interesting again Interview  Before you get to know Jia Rong Low, the recently appointed director general of the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), you might want to…

Ethereum community members propose new fee structure for the app layer 2025-04-28 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Two Ethereum community members, Kevin Owocki and Devansh Mehta, proposed a dynamic fee structure for the Ethereum application layer to strike a balance between revenue generation for app builders and fairness in fee extraction. The April…

Federal taxes to be ‘substantially reduced’ once tariffs set in: Trump 2025-04-27 at 21:00 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill United States President Donald Trump recently said that federal income taxes would be “substantially reduced” or potentially eliminated once the tariff regime fully sets in. In an April 27 Truth Social post, Trump added that the…

DARPA to ‘radically’ rev up mathematics research. And yes, with AI 2025-04-27 at 20:46 By Thomas Claburn Now that’s a sum of all fears The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, aka DARPA, believes mathematics isn’t advancing fast enough.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

The cost of innovation — Regulations are Web3’s greatest asset 2025-04-27 at 18:04 By Cointelegraph by Hedi Navazan Opinion by: Hedi Navazan, chief compliance officer at 1inch Web3 needs a clear regulatory system that addresses innovation bottlenecks and user safety in decentralized finance (DeFi). A one-size-fits-all approach cannot be achieved to regulate DeFi. The industry…

Michael Saylor hints at Bitcoin purchase as whales stack aggressively 2025-04-27 at 18:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Whales and large institutions continue their aggressive Bitcoin accumulation, with Strategy hinting at another Bitcoin investment that may be announced on Monday. Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor hinted at another imminent Bitcoin (BTC) investment on April 27, a…

Bitcoin treasury firms driving $200T hyperbitcoinization — Adam Back 2025-04-27 at 14:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Investment firms with Bitcoin-focused treasuries are front-running global Bitcoin adoption, which may see the world’s first cryptocurrency soar to a $200 trillion market capitalization in the coming decade. Institutions and governments worldwide are starting to recognize the unique…

Bitcoiner TJ Miller says ‘50-hour’ rule is why celebs stay off orange pill 2025-04-27 at 12:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Comedian and actor TJ Miller says it only takes a little over two full days to get the average person up to speed on Bitcoin. However, when asked why more celebrities aren’t Bitcoiners, he…