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  • Bitcoin ‘hot supply’ nears $40B as new investors flood in at $95K

    Bitcoin ‘hot supply’ nears $40B as new investors flood in at $95K 2025-04-29 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin’s most recently-moved supply segment is increasing as higher prices see an influx of “speculative capital.” “Hot supply” has doubled in just five weeks versus local lows in March. Active address numbers have…

  • $649B stablecoin transfers linked to illicit activity in 2024: Report

    $649B stablecoin transfers linked to illicit activity in 2024: Report 2025-04-29 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Cryptocurrency compliance firm Bitrace found that $649 billion worth of stablecoins flowed through addresses classified as high-risk in 2024, according to an April 29 report. Bitrace defines high-risk blockchain addresses as those used by illegal entities to…

  • China’s Secret Weapon? How EV Batteries Could be Weaponized to Disrupt America

    China’s Secret Weapon? How EV Batteries Could be Weaponized to Disrupt America 2025-04-29 at 18:02 By Kevin Townsend As Xi Jinping advances his vision for China’s dominance by 2049, cybersecurity experts warn that connected technologies—like EV batteries—may quietly serve as tools of influence, espionage, and disruption. The post China’s Secret Weapon? How EV Batteries Could…

  • OpenBSD 7.7 released with updated hardware support, 9Front ships second update of 2025

    OpenBSD 7.7 released with updated hardware support, 9Front ships second update of 2025 2025-04-29 at 17:19 By Liam Proven The OS refresh brings Ryzen AI and Arrow Lake compatibility Fresh from their respective bunkers, OpenBSD 7.7 and a new version of Plan 9 fork 9Front have dropped, bringing hardened security, obscure charm, and, oddly enough,…

  • SentinelOne Uncovers Chinese Espionage Campaign Targeting Its Infrastructure and Clients

    SentinelOne Uncovers Chinese Espionage Campaign Targeting Its Infrastructure and Clients 2025-04-29 at 17:18 By Cybersecurity company SentinelOne has revealed that a China-nexus threat cluster dubbed PurpleHaze conducted reconnaissance attempts against its infrastructure and some of its high-value customers. “We first became aware of this threat cluster during a 2024 intrusion conducted against an organization previously…

  • OpenAI adds shopping to ChatGPT — here’s how it works

    OpenAI adds shopping to ChatGPT — here’s how it works 2025-04-29 at 16:50 By Brooke Steinberg ChatGPT will pull from sources including editorial commerce reviews as well as forums like Reddit to get a range of evaluations. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

  • Bitwarden Access Intelligence defends against credential risks and phishing

    Bitwarden Access Intelligence defends against credential risks and phishing 2025-04-29 at 16:38 By Industry News Bitwarden launched Access Intelligence, a set of new capabilities that enables enterprises to proactively defend against internal credential risks and external phishing threats. Access Intelligence introduces two core functionalities: Risk Insights, which allows IT teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate…

  • ExtraHop strenghtens network detection and response

    ExtraHop strenghtens network detection and response 2025-04-29 at 16:38 By Industry News ExtraHop launched all-in-one sensor designed to unify network traffic collection that scales across a number of security use cases. This further advances ExtraHop’s vision to consolidate NDR, network performance monitoring (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and full packet forensics into an integrated, powerful, and…

  • Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it’s undermining security

    Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it’s undermining security 2025-04-29 at 16:18 By Connor Jones Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and numerous infosec leaders are lobbying US President Donald Trump to drop his enduring investigation into Chris Krebs,…

  • A16z leads $25M funding for Miden blockchain project

    A16z leads $25M funding for Miden blockchain project 2025-04-29 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai A16z Crypto led a $25 million investment round into Miden, an independent blockchain project spun out of Polygon Labs. Miden closed its $25 million seed rounds led by a16z Crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC, with participation from Finality Capital…

  • The State of Open Source in 2025? Honestly, it’s a mess but you knew that already

    The State of Open Source in 2025? Honestly, it’s a mess but you knew that already 2025-04-29 at 15:47 By Liam Proven The good news: everyone’s using it. The bad news: have you seen how they’re using it? OpenLogic’s 2025 State of Open Source Report offers a slightly different perspective on modern corporate adoption of…

  • CISA warns about actively exploited Broadcom, Commvault vulnerabilities

    CISA warns about actively exploited Broadcom, Commvault vulnerabilities 2025-04-29 at 15:47 By Zeljka Zorz The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Monday, affecting Commvault (CVE-2025-3928), Active! Mail (CVE-2025-42599), and Broadcom Brocade (CVE-2025-1976) solutions. CISA’s KEV catalog is constantly updated and provides IT admins…

  • Pistachio Raises $7 Million for Cybersecurity Training Platform

    Pistachio Raises $7 Million for Cybersecurity Training Platform 2025-04-29 at 15:47 By Ionut Arghire Cybersecurity awareness training platform Pistachio has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Walter Ventures. The post Pistachio Raises $7 Million for Cybersecurity Training Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View…

  • AI-powered, automated attacks have reached record numbers

    AI-powered, automated attacks have reached record numbers 2025-04-29 at 15:15 By Research finds AI-powered, automated attacks have reached record numbers.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Trump’s first 100 days ‘worst in history’ despite crypto promises

    Trump’s first 100 days ‘worst in history’ despite crypto promises 2025-04-29 at 15:07 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood The first 100 days of the administration of US President Donald Trump have deeply impacted the crypto industry, starting with his own memecoin and culminating in a Bitcoin reserve and a spate of blockchain policymaking.  Trump’s trade…

  • Circle gets Abu Dhabi regulatory nod to expand in Middle East

    Circle gets Abu Dhabi regulatory nod to expand in Middle East 2025-04-29 at 15:07 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas USDC stablecoin issuer Circle has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the company announced on April 29. The approval moves Circle closer to obtaining…

  • Bitcoin miner Phoenix Group adds 52 MW of mining capacity in Ethiopia

    Bitcoin miner Phoenix Group adds 52 MW of mining capacity in Ethiopia 2025-04-29 at 15:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Bitcoin mining firm Phoenix Group announced the addition of 52 megawatts (MW) worth of mining capacity to its capabilities in Ethiopia. According to an April 29 announcement, with this latest addition, Phoenix’s Bitcoin mining capacity…

  • LayerX Raises $11 Million for Browser Security Solution

    LayerX Raises $11 Million for Browser Security Solution 2025-04-29 at 15:07 By Ionut Arghire Browser security firm LayerX has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round extension led by Jump Capital. The post LayerX Raises $11 Million for Browser Security Solution appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View…

  • Cybersecurity Firms Raise Over $1.7 Billion Ahead of RSA Conference 2025

    Cybersecurity Firms Raise Over $1.7 Billion Ahead of RSA Conference 2025 2025-04-29 at 15:07 By Mike Lennon More than 30 companies announced a total of $1.7 billion in funding in weeks leading up to the industry’s largest gathering. The post Cybersecurity Firms Raise Over $1.7 Billion Ahead of RSA Conference 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek.…

  • China is using AI to sharpen every link in its attack chain, FBI warns

    China is using AI to sharpen every link in its attack chain, FBI warns 2025-04-29 at 14:43 By Jessica Lyons Artificial intelligence is helping Beijing’s goons break in faster and stay longer RSAC  The biggest threat to US critical infrastructure, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser, can be summed up in one word:…

  • Google Tracked 75 Zero-Days in 2024

    Google Tracked 75 Zero-Days in 2024 2025-04-29 at 14:42 By Eduard Kovacs The number of exploited zero-days seen by Google in 2024 dropped to 75, from 98 observed in the previous year. The post Google Tracked 75 Zero-Days in 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React…

  • Product Walkthrough: Securing Microsoft Copilot with Reco

    Product Walkthrough: Securing Microsoft Copilot with Reco 2025-04-29 at 14:42 By Find out how Reco keeps Microsoft 365 Copilot safe by spotting risky prompts, protecting data, managing user access, and identifying threats – all while keeping productivity high. Microsoft 365 Copilot promises to boost productivity by turning natural language prompts into actions. Employees can generate…

  • Google Reports 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024 — 44% Targeted Enterprise Security Products

    Google Reports 75 Zero-Days Exploited in 2024 — 44% Targeted Enterprise Security Products 2025-04-29 at 14:42 By Google has revealed that it observed 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, down from 98 in 2023.  Of the 75 zero-days, 44% of them targeted enterprise products. As many as 20 flaws were identified in…

  • Marks & Spencer cyber incident linked to ransomware group

    Marks & Spencer cyber incident linked to ransomware group 2025-04-29 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz The “cyber incident” that British multinational retailer Marks & Spencer has been struggling with for over a week is a ransomware attack, multiple sources have asserted. The Telegraph’s sources say ransomware was deployed by a unnamed criminal gang. Bleeping Computer’s…

  • Will Trump’s 100-day speech end Bitcoin’s ‘compressing’ range?

    Will Trump’s 100-day speech end Bitcoin’s ‘compressing’ range? 2025-04-29 at 14:07 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s price consolidates as the market awaits President Trump’s 100-day speech. Over $4.7 billion in BTC has been withdrawn from exchanges since April 22, reducing supply and boosting price sensitivity to demand. Trump’s crypto policy clarity could…

  • RSA Conference 2025 Announcements Summary (Day 1) 

    RSA Conference 2025 Announcements Summary (Day 1)  2025-04-29 at 14:07 By SecurityWeek News Hundreds of companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2025 edition of the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The post RSA Conference 2025 Announcements Summary (Day 1)  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • 808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40

    808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40 2025-04-29 at 13:34 By Richard Speed ‘We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it’ It is 40 years since the first Arm processor was powered up, and the UK’s Centre for Computing History…

  • Exploited Vulnerability Exposes Over 400 SAP NetWeaver Servers to Attacks

    Exploited Vulnerability Exposes Over 400 SAP NetWeaver Servers to Attacks 2025-04-29 at 13:34 By Ionut Arghire More than 400 SAP NetWeaver servers are impacted by CVE-2025-31324, an exploited remote code execution vulnerability. The post Exploited Vulnerability Exposes Over 400 SAP NetWeaver Servers to Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • BlackRock Bitcoin ETF buys $970M in BTC as inflows surge, boost market

    BlackRock Bitcoin ETF buys $970M in BTC as inflows surge, boost market 2025-04-29 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai BlackRock’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) bought nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin on behalf of its clients on April 28, with continued inflows providing “structural support” for Bitcoin’s price appreciation, according to market analysts. BlackRock’s iShares…

  • Bitcoin targets $115K as BTC supply metric nears ‘historic euphoria’ zone

    Bitcoin targets $115K as BTC supply metric nears ‘historic euphoria’ zone 2025-04-29 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Key takeaways: Bitcoin supply in profit has climbed back above 85%, nearing the classic euphoric area. Onchain data shows strong accumulation from new and momentum buyers with minimal profit-taking. Bitcoin could rally toward $110,000–$115,000 helped by…

  • Loopscale recovers $2.8M after weekend DeFi hack and bounty talks

    Loopscale recovers $2.8M after weekend DeFi hack and bounty talks 2025-04-29 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas DeFi protocol Loopscale has recovered nearly half of the funds stolen during a major exploit over the weekend, as white hat negotiations with the attacker show signs of progress. In an April 29 update posted to X,…

  • The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers

    The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers 2025-04-29 at 12:33 By Iain Thomson FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder RSAC  Concerned a new recruit might be a North Korean stooge out to steal intellectual property and then hit an org…

  • US DOJ requests 20-year sentence for Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky

    US DOJ requests 20-year sentence for Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky 2025-04-29 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius, faces a 20-year prison sentence as the US Department of Justice (DOJ) seeks a severe penalty for his role in a multibillion-dollar fraud.…

  • Bitcoin in ‘critical zone’ as triple breakout meets $93.5K support battle

    Bitcoin in ‘critical zone’ as triple breakout meets $93.5K support battle 2025-04-29 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin has beaten out three key resistance levels in a single weekly candle. The weekly close defended the 2025 yearly open, but a subsequent dip below it is making analysis question the strength of…

  • Is the Paws Telegram mini app legit? What you need to know

    Is the Paws Telegram mini app legit? What you need to know 2025-04-29 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Shailey Singh What is the Paws Telegram Mini App? Paws is a Telegram-based Mini App created by the same team behind other projects, such as Notcoin and Dogs.  If you’ve been cruising around Telegram lately, chances are…

  • Aqua Security unveils Secure AI for protecting workloads from code to cloud

    Aqua Security unveils Secure AI for protecting workloads from code to cloud 2025-04-29 at 12:02 By Industry News Aqua Security has unveiled the next phase of its AI security strategy with the introduction of Secure AI, full lifecycle security from code to cloud to prompt. These new capabilities secure AI applications through the development process…

  • CISA Warns of Exploited Broadcom, Commvault Vulnerabilities

    CISA Warns of Exploited Broadcom, Commvault Vulnerabilities 2025-04-29 at 12:02 By Ionut Arghire CISA urges immediate patching for recently disclosed Broadcom, Commvault, and Qualitia vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. The post CISA Warns of Exploited Broadcom, Commvault Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this…

  • After leaving citizens on hold for 798 years, UK tax authority has £1B for CRM upgrade

    After leaving citizens on hold for 798 years, UK tax authority has £1B for CRM upgrade 2025-04-29 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark HMRC kicks off procurement to modernize customer service after scathing reports The UK’s tax collector plans to appoint a new CRM vendor to manage its vast interactions with citizens over their tax affairs.……

  • Varonis AI Shield helps employees use AI without putting data at risk

    Varonis AI Shield helps employees use AI without putting data at risk 2025-04-29 at 11:45 By Industry News Varonis announced always-on AI risk defense that continuously identifies data exposure in real time, flags violations, and automatically fixes issues before they can become data breaches. In organizations with poor data security posture, employees and AI agents…

  • Huntress upgrades Managed ITDR to disrupt hacker tradecraft

    Huntress upgrades Managed ITDR to disrupt hacker tradecraft 2025-04-29 at 11:32 By Industry News Huntress has unveiled its newly enhanced Managed Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) solution, purpose-built to wreck hacker identity tradecraft, alongside new research on the growing threat of identity-based attacks and organizations’ ability to defend against them. Drawing insights from an…

  • Bugcrowd enables organizations to test their security environments

    Bugcrowd enables organizations to test their security environments 2025-04-29 at 11:24 By Industry News Bugcrowd’s new service connects customers with a global network of vetted ethical hackers for a variety of red team engagements—fully managed through the Bugcrowd Platform. This release sets a new benchmark in the red team services market, enabling organizations to test…

  • 1inch launches on Solana with crosschain swaps in the pipeline

    1inch launches on Solana with crosschain swaps in the pipeline 2025-04-29 at 11:04 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch has launched on Solana, marking a significant step toward its vision of a “unified multichain” decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph, the integration enables users to…

  • Arctic Wolf launches Cipher to enhance security investigations with AI insights

    Arctic Wolf launches Cipher to enhance security investigations with AI insights 2025-04-29 at 10:47 By Industry News Arctic Wolf has introduced Cipher, an AI security assistant that provides customers with self-guided access to deeper security insights directly within the Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform. Cipher enhances investigations and alert comprehension by delivering instant answers, contextual enrichment,…

  • Netwrix boosts identity and data security for Microsoft environments

    Netwrix boosts identity and data security for Microsoft environments 2025-04-29 at 10:47 By Industry News Netwrix unveiled new solutions and capabilities across its 1Secure SaaS platform. Its new Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution identifies and eliminates data exposures within Microsoft 365 environments and will be available in May. Netwrix also announced new risk assessment…

  • Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists

    Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists 2025-04-29 at 10:30 By Thomas Claburn ‘When we look at the economic outcomes, it really has not moved the needle’ Instead of depressing wages or taking jobs, generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have had almost no wage or labor…

  • Oasis NHI Provisioning automates the provisioning of NHIs and their credentials

    Oasis NHI Provisioning automates the provisioning of NHIs and their credentials 2025-04-29 at 10:30 By Industry News Oasis Security launched Oasis NHI Provisioning, a capability that automates the creation, governance, and security of non-human identities (NHIs) from their inception. Built into the Oasis NHI Security Cloud, this solution addresses the critical challenges of fragmented processes,…

  • Lumu SecOps Platform allows teams to unify their entire security stack

    Lumu SecOps Platform allows teams to unify their entire security stack 2025-04-29 at 10:16 By Industry News Lumu released Lumu SecOps Platform, a fully integrated Security Operations (SecOps) platform that unifies threat detection, response, automation, compliance, and intelligence across the network, identities and endpoints—delivering full attack context and enabling security teams to autonomously detect and…

  • Russian ruble stablecoin: Exec lists 7 ‘Tether replica’ features

    Russian ruble stablecoin: Exec lists 7 ‘Tether replica’ features 2025-04-29 at 10:05 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The concept of a Russian ruble stablecoin received special attention at a major local crypto event, the Blockchain Forum in Moscow, with key industry executives reflecting on some of the core features a ruble-backed stablecoin might require. Sergey…

  • Abu Dhabi institutional giants team up for dirham stablecoin

    Abu Dhabi institutional giants team up for dirham stablecoin 2025-04-29 at 10:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A trio of major Abu Dhabi institutions, including the Emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, have teamed up to launch a new dirham-pegged stablecoin. Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ, the United Arab Emirates’ largest bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank…

  • Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science

    Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science 2025-04-29 at 10:05 By Simon Sharwood They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse Researchers from the University of Zurich have admitted to secretly posting…

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