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  • Frictionless flows are Ethereum’s path to economic dominance

    Frictionless flows are Ethereum’s path to economic dominance 2025-05-06 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Barna Kiss Opinion by: Barna Kiss, CEO of Malda An idea recently floated by some prominent thinkers in the Ethereum space to reclaim value for the mainnet is the taxing of its Layer-2s. The future of Ethereum does not depend on…

  • 32% of Employees Using AI Hide It From Their Employer

    32% of Employees Using AI Hide It From Their Employer 2025-05-06 at 19:02 By A new report shows how employees are leveraging technology in the workplace for greater autonomy and flexibility.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Applying the OODA Loop to Solve the Shadow AI Problem

    Applying the OODA Loop to Solve the Shadow AI Problem 2025-05-06 at 19:02 By Etay Maor By taking immediate actions, organizations can ensure that shadow AI is prevented and used constructively where possible. The post Applying the OODA Loop to Solve the Shadow AI Problem appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • Lights Out and Stalled Factories: Using M.A.T.R.I.X to Learn About Modbus Vulnerabilities

    Lights Out and Stalled Factories: Using M.A.T.R.I.X to Learn About Modbus Vulnerabilities 2025-05-06 at 18:47 By Karl Biron Let’s explore the critical role of Modbus in energy and manufacturing systems, then demonstrate real-world exploitation techniques using Docker-based simulations and the custom-built Python tool M.A.T.R.I.X. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source…

  • Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet

    Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet 2025-05-06 at 18:47 By Threat actors have been observed actively exploiting security flaws in GeoVision end-of-life (EoL) Internet of Things (IoT) devices to corral them into a Mirai botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The activity, first observed by the Akamai Security Intelligence…

  • Palantir loves the smell of DOGE budget cuts in the morning

    Palantir loves the smell of DOGE budget cuts in the morning 2025-05-06 at 18:17 By Lindsay Clark Data giant backs federal austerity push, saying it’s ‘the right thing’ for US Palantir, the controversial US surveillance and analytics firm, says it welcomes scrutiny of government spending by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the controversial cost-cutting…

  • What bankers, CPAs and CFOs need to know about blockchain

    What bankers, CPAs and CFOs need to know about blockchain 2025-05-06 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Why finance veterans are still skeptical about blockchain Blockchain has been part of the finance conversation for over a decade now. Yet many professionals remain cautious.  Many seasoned professionals in finance, wealth management and economics often question…

  • Dem lawmakers object to hearing, citing ‘Trump’s crypto corruption’

    Dem lawmakers object to hearing, citing ‘Trump’s crypto corruption’ 2025-05-06 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), led Democratic lawmakers out of a joint hearing on digital assets in response to what she called “the corruption of the President of the United States”…

  • Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win

    Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win 2025-05-06 at 17:18 By Tobias Mann Feldman calls US’s AI Diffusion rules ‘bad policy’ Cerebras Systems’ dinner-plate-sized chips currently power the latest AI inference offerings from Meta and, soon, those of IBM, but US trade policy weighs heavy on its prospects worldwide.……

  • Ransomware Attacks Declined in April — Why?

    Ransomware Attacks Declined in April — Why? 2025-05-06 at 17:18 By Research found less ransomware attacks in April compared to to previous months in 2025.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Learn How We’re Making It Safer to Work in a Connected World

    Learn How We’re Making It Safer to Work in a Connected World 2025-05-06 at 17:03 By Tobias Pischl We’ve been named a Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Data Security This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

  • New Investment Scams Use Facebook Ads, RDGA Domains, and IP Checks to Filter Victims

    New Investment Scams Use Facebook Ads, RDGA Domains, and IP Checks to Filter Victims 2025-05-06 at 17:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on two threat actors that orchestrate investment scams through spoofed celebrity endorsements and conceal their activity through traffic distribution systems (TDSes). The activity clusters have been codenamed Reckless Rabbit and Ruthless…

  • FTC Findings Show That Consumers Lost 470 Million to Text Scams

    FTC Findings Show That Consumers Lost 470 Million to Text Scams 2025-05-06 at 16:46 By Recent data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that consumers lost $470 million to text message-based scams. This amount is five times higher than what was reported in 2020. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS…

  • Windows 11 24H2 now ‘broadly available’ … complete with yet another ‘known issue’

    Windows 11 24H2 now ‘broadly available’ … complete with yet another ‘known issue’ 2025-05-06 at 16:19 By Richard Speed Azure Virtual Desktop App attach users might want to sit this one out for a bit longer Microsoft is celebrating the milestone of Windows 11 24H2 reaching broad availability with… yet another “known issue.” This time,…

  • RCE flaw in tool for building AI agents exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-3248)

    RCE flaw in tool for building AI agents exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-3248) 2025-05-06 at 16:19 By Zeljka Zorz A missing authentication vulnerability (CVE-2025-3248) in Langflow, a web application for building AI-driven agents, is being exploited by attackers in the wild, CISA has confirmed by adding it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. About CVE-2025-3248…

  • Bitcoin risks sub-$92K retest as BTC price fails to match 4% gold gains

    Bitcoin risks sub-$92K retest as BTC price fails to match 4% gold gains 2025-05-06 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin is struggling again as gold retakes the limelight with week-to-date gains of nearly 5%. Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is under scrutiny amid ongoing macroeconomic shifts. Traders see a short-term slump amid…

  • Webinar: Securely migrating to the cloud

    Webinar: Securely migrating to the cloud 2025-05-06 at 16:04 By Help Net Security Whether your organization is already in the cloud or just starting to plan your migration, security is a top priority. This webinar will help you to better understand your options for cloud migration as well as learn how to prioritize cloud security…

  • Immersive delivers a team-based approach to application security training

    Immersive delivers a team-based approach to application security training 2025-05-06 at 16:04 By Industry News Immersive launched AppSec Range Exercises, expanding its AppSec solution beyond hands-on labs to help cyber leaders and practitioners prove and improve their capabilities as part of a holistic cyber readiness program. The new product offers range exercises for Engineering, AppSec…

  • Hacker Conversations: John Kindervag, a Making not Breaking Hacker

    Hacker Conversations: John Kindervag, a Making not Breaking Hacker 2025-05-06 at 16:04 By Kevin Townsend John Kindervag is best known for developing the Zero Trust Model. He is a hacker, but not within our common definition of a hacker today. The post Hacker Conversations: John Kindervag, a Making not Breaking Hacker appeared first on SecurityWeek.…

  • 30 years of MySQL, the database that changed the world

    30 years of MySQL, the database that changed the world 2025-05-06 at 15:45 By Lindsay Clark From ubiquitous go-to system for early Noughties startups to a legacy like no other Before Donald Trump became US president and the UK left the EU – both arguably the result of a new kind of online politics –…

  • Second Wave of Attacks Hitting SAP NetWeaver After Zero-Day Compromise

    Second Wave of Attacks Hitting SAP NetWeaver After Zero-Day Compromise 2025-05-06 at 15:39 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors are revisiting SAP NetWeaver instances to leverage webshells deployed via a recent zero-day vulnerability. The post Second Wave of Attacks Hitting SAP NetWeaver After Zero-Day Compromise appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • US Charges Yemeni Man for Black Kingdom Ransomware Attacks

    US Charges Yemeni Man for Black Kingdom Ransomware Attacks 2025-05-06 at 15:39 By Eduard Kovacs Rami Khaled Ahmed, a 36-year-old from Yemen, has been charged for launching ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2023. The post US Charges Yemeni Man for Black Kingdom Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • Third Parties and Machine Credentials: The Silent Drivers Behind 2025’s Worst Breaches

    Third Parties and Machine Credentials: The Silent Drivers Behind 2025’s Worst Breaches 2025-05-06 at 15:18 By It wasn’t ransomware headlines or zero-day exploits that stood out most in this year’s Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) — it was what fueled them. Quietly, yet consistently, two underlying factors played a role in some of…

  • Bitcoin price forms two BTC futures gaps after Coinbase premium flips negative

    Bitcoin price forms two BTC futures gaps after Coinbase premium flips negative 2025-05-06 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium index turned negative for the first time in 15 days, indicating defensive short-term sentiment among US investors. Bitcoin CME futures gaps between support at $92,000-$92,500 and resistance at $96,400-$97,400 suggest…

  • Research DAO claims paralyzed rats recover after spinal cord fix

    Research DAO claims paralyzed rats recover after spinal cord fix 2025-05-06 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) HydraDAO claims that its researchers were able to use a novel technique to repair severed spines in rats. In a May 5 X post, decentralized science (DeSci) project HydraDAO said that one of…

  • How much Bitcoin can Berkshire Hathaway buy?

    How much Bitcoin can Berkshire Hathaway buy? 2025-05-06 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Key takeaways: Berkshire holds $347B in cash, enough to buy ~18% of Bitcoin’s supply. Greg Abel has not signaled a shift from Warren Buffett’s anti-Bitcoin stance. Berkshire already has indirect crypto exposure via Nu Holdings, Jefferies. Warren Buffett announced at…

  • Brain-inspired neuromorphic computer SpiNNaker overheated when coolers lost their chill

    Brain-inspired neuromorphic computer SpiNNaker overheated when coolers lost their chill 2025-05-06 at 14:33 By Richard Speed Too much hot air brings down Manchester Uni based neural network project Exclusive  The brain-inspired SpiNNaker machine at Manchester University suffered an overheating incident over the Easter weekend that will send a chill down the spines of datacenter administrators.……

  • Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited Days After PoC Publication

    Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited Days After PoC Publication 2025-05-06 at 14:33 By Ionut Arghire Threat actors started exploiting a vulnerability in Samsung MagicINFO only days after a PoC exploit was published. The post Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited Days After PoC Publication appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source…

  • Critical Vulnerability in AI Builder Langflow Under Attack

    Critical Vulnerability in AI Builder Langflow Under Attack 2025-05-06 at 14:33 By Ionut Arghire CISA warns organizations that threat actors are exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability in low-code AI builder Langflow. The post Critical Vulnerability in AI Builder Langflow Under Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React…

  • Microsoft Warns Default Helm Charts Could Leave Kubernetes Apps Exposed to Data Leaks

    Microsoft Warns Default Helm Charts Could Leave Kubernetes Apps Exposed to Data Leaks 2025-05-06 at 14:33 By Microsoft has warned that using pre-made templates, such as out-of-the-box Helm charts, during Kubernetes deployments could open the door to misconfigurations and leak valuable data. “While these ‘plug-and-play’ options greatly simplify the setup process, they often prioritize ease…

  • Microsoft Warns of Attackers Exploiting Misconfigured Apache Pinot Installations

    Microsoft Warns of Attackers Exploiting Misconfigured Apache Pinot Installations 2025-05-06 at 14:17 By Eduard Kovacs Misconfigured Apache Pinot instances can and have enabled threat actors to gain access to sensitive information.  The post Microsoft Warns of Attackers Exploiting Misconfigured Apache Pinot Installations appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original…

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

    Is the Paws Telegram mini app legit? What you need to know 2025-05-06 at 14:02 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…

  • Crypto spending will grow, but fiat isn’t going anywhere: Mercuryo CEO

    Crypto spending will grow, but fiat isn’t going anywhere: Mercuryo CEO 2025-05-06 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Petr Kozyakov, CEO of crypto payments platform Mercuryo, told Cointelegraph that the future of finance may not be a winner-takes-all scenario but a blend of digital assets and fiat, each used where it makes the most…

  • Entra ID Data Protection: Essential or Overkill?

    Entra ID Data Protection: Essential or Overkill? 2025-05-06 at 13:32 By Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is the backbone of modern identity management, enabling secure access to the applications, data, and services your business relies on. As hybrid work and cloud adoption accelerate, Entra ID plays an even more central role — managing authentication,…

  • IRS appoints Trish Turner to head crypto division amid resignations

    IRS appoints Trish Turner to head crypto division amid resignations 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Veteran US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Trish Turner was appointed to lead the agency’s digital assets division following the departure of two key crypto-focused executives. Turner, who has spent over 20 years at the IRS and…

  • OKX exec warns against hype amid real-world asset tokenization boom

    OKX exec warns against hype amid real-world asset tokenization boom 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Crypto exchange OKX’s CEO for its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) arm urged the industry to focus on delivering real-world utility as interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization accelerates.  In a Cointelegraph interview at the Token20249…

  • Bitcoin vs. digital fiat is freedom vs. serfdom

    Bitcoin vs. digital fiat is freedom vs. serfdom 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Simon Cain Opinion by: Simon Cain, contributor at Bitcoin Policy UK Most jurisdictions globally are researching, developing or implementing retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). If you see these as harmless move-with-the-times digital updates of old-fashioned paper money, look again. CBDCs…

  • Exploited: Vulnerability in software for managing Samsung digital displays (CVE-2024-7399)

    Exploited: Vulnerability in software for managing Samsung digital displays (CVE-2024-7399) 2025-05-06 at 13:03 By Zeljka Zorz An easily and remotely exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2024-7399) affecting Samsung MagicINFO, a platform for managing content on Samsung commercial displays, is being leveraged by attackers. Exploit attempts have been flagged by the SANS Internet Storm Center and Arctic Wolf researchers:…

  • Commodore OS 3 is the loudest Linux yet

    Commodore OS 3 is the loudest Linux yet 2025-05-06 at 12:41 By Liam Proven One distro has to be the most extra – and here it is A Commodore-themed talking Linux desktop, complete with hundreds of games, makes for the biggest distro we’ve seen yet.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

  • US Senate crypto bills stall amid Trump ties and ethics concerns

    US Senate crypto bills stall amid Trump ties and ethics concerns 2025-05-06 at 12:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Efforts to pass crypto legislation in the US Senate face mounting resistance amid growing ethical concerns around US President Donald Trump’s ties to crypto. In a May 5 letter to the Office of Government Ethics, Senators…

  • Android Update Patches FreeType Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day

    Android Update Patches FreeType Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day 2025-05-06 at 12:00 By Ionut Arghire Android’s May 2025 security update includes patches for an exploited vulnerability in the FreeType open source rendering engine. The post Android Update Patches FreeType Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original…

  • Infosec guru Schneier worries corp AI will manipulate us

    Infosec guru Schneier worries corp AI will manipulate us 2025-05-06 at 11:50 By Iain Thomson Can we turn to govt, academic models instead? RSAC  Corporate AI models are already skewed to serve their makers’ interests, and unless governments and academia step up to build transparent alternatives, the tech risks becoming just another tool for commercial…

  • What a future without CVEs means for cyber defense

    What a future without CVEs means for cyber defense 2025-05-06 at 11:31 By Help Net Security The importance of the MITRE-run Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program shouldn’t be understated. For 25 years, it has acted as the point of reference for cybersecurity professionals to understand and mitigate security flaws. By providing a standardized method…

  • Microsoft will let partners get creative with pay-when-you-want SaaS plans

    Microsoft will let partners get creative with pay-when-you-want SaaS plans 2025-05-06 at 10:46 By Simon Sharwood A few million here, a few million there, pretty soon you’re talking real money Microsoft partners can now tailor private offers that allow buyers to vary the amount and timing of payments for some SaaS products and services.… This…

  • RSA helps organizations secure passwordless environments

    RSA helps organizations secure passwordless environments 2025-05-06 at 10:37 By Industry News RSA announced cybersecurity innovations that defend organizations against the next wave of AI powered identity attacks, including IT Help Desk bypasses, malware, social engineering, and other threats. These advancements are especially critical for organizations implementing passwordless strategies. Among the highlights is the new…

  • Signal Clone App Used By Trump Official Suspended After a Hack

    Signal Clone App Used By Trump Official Suspended After a Hack 2025-05-06 at 10:23 View original post at Safety Detectives The company behind an unofficial version of Signal, seemingly used by Trump administration officials, has temporarily halted its services after a reported breach, which may have exposed sensitive messages. Smarsh, an Oregon-based company that operates…

  • Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit

    Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit 2025-05-06 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin Core developers have decided to remove a limit on transaction data in the next network upgrade, enabling more data to be included in a more efficient way.  “Bitcoin Core’s next release will, by default, relay and mine transactions…

  • Celsius’ Mashinsky lashes out at ‘death-in-prison sentence’

    Celsius’ Mashinsky lashes out at ‘death-in-prison sentence’ 2025-05-06 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius, has blasted the government’s 20-year “venom-laced” sentence request, declaring it a “death-in-prison sentence.” The US Department of Justice requested Mashinsky receive at least 20 years behind bars…

  • Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches?

    Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches? 2025-05-06 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood And declares hypervisor independence after being tied to vSphere Omnissa, the company that acquired VMware’s end-user compute portfolio, is moving beyond its traditional territory of managing endpoint devices and into server management.… This article is an…

  • Google Fixes Actively Exploited Android System Flaw in May 2025 Security Update

    Google Fixes Actively Exploited Android System Flaw in May 2025 Security Update 2025-05-06 at 09:31 By Google has released its monthly security updates for Android with fixes for 46 security flaws, including one vulnerability that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS score: 8.1), a high-severity flaw…

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