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  • Nvidia boss gets 45% pay bump, but is the billionaire happy?

    Nvidia boss gets 45% pay bump, but is the billionaire happy? 2025-05-08 at 15:38 By Paul Kunert Jenson Huang’s compensation package swells to $49.8M, firm reveals younger Huangs on the payroll too The gods of executive pay smiled on Nvidia’s chief executive in the last full financial year, awarding him a 45 percent bump in…

  • Yet another SonicWall SMA100 vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-32819)

    Yet another SonicWall SMA100 vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-32819) 2025-05-08 at 15:38 By Zeljka Zorz SonicWall has fixed multiple vulnerabilities affecting its SMA100 Series devices, one of which (CVE-2025-32819) appears to be a patch bypass for an arbitrary file delete vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks in early 2021, and may have also…

  • Outpost24 expands EASM platform with modules for social media and data leakage

    Outpost24 expands EASM platform with modules for social media and data leakage 2025-05-08 at 15:38 By Industry News Outpost24 integration of two new Digital Risk Protection (DRP) modules to its External Attack Surface Management (EASM) platform. The Social Media and Data Leakage modules are now offered alongside the Leaked Credentials and Dark Web modules to…

  • CISA Warns of Cyberattacks Against Critical Oil and Gas Infrastructure

    CISA Warns of Cyberattacks Against Critical Oil and Gas Infrastructure 2025-05-08 at 15:24 By CISA, along with other government entities, has issued a warning about cyberattacks targeting the nation’s critical oil and natural gas infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • What is VanEck’s Onchain Economy ETF ($NODE) and how does it work?

    What is VanEck’s Onchain Economy ETF ($NODE) and how does it work? 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya What is ​VanEck’s Onchain Economy ETF ($NODE) VanEck’s Onchain Economy ETF ($NODE) exposes investors to companies driving blockchain adoption across multiple industries. The fund is scheduled to begin trading on May 14, 2025, following…

  • Microsoft-backed Space and Time mainnet launches with major builders

    Microsoft-backed Space and Time mainnet launches with major builders 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Space and Time, a blockchain project supported by Microsoft, has launched its public, permissionless mainnet to bring zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data infrastructure to crypto applications. Built by MakeInfinite Labs, Space and Time offers a decentralized, verifiable database for smart…

  • Doodles NFT sales surge 97% ahead of DOOD token airdrop

    Doodles NFT sales surge 97% ahead of DOOD token airdrop 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Doodles’ non-fungible token (NFTs) sales surged by 97% in the last 24 hours as digital collectible traders anticipate the project’s token generation event and airdrop.  On May 8, data from CryptoSlam showed Doodles NFT sales topping $1.1…

  • Google Finds Data Theft Malware Used by Russian APT in Select Cases

    Google Finds Data Theft Malware Used by Russian APT in Select Cases 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By Ionut Arghire Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard is using the ClickFix technique in recent attacks distributing the LostKeys malware. The post Google Finds Data Theft Malware Used by Russian APT in Select Cases appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is…

  • Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does

    Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By 61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place. This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a…

  • MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware

    MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public institutions in Japan and Taiwan. The activity, detected by Trend Micro in March…

  • The 12 KB that Windows just can’t seem to quit

    The 12 KB that Windows just can’t seem to quit 2025-05-08 at 14:48 By Richard Speed Icons from a more civilized time Windows deposits a huge number of files onto a user’s PC, some of which are essential for the operating system, and others that are a reminder of gentler times. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen…

  • Pectra features already in use: Ethereum EIP-7702 wallets roll out

    Pectra features already in use: Ethereum EIP-7702 wallets roll out 2025-05-08 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The Ethereum Pectra upgrade introduced a significant upgrade in account abstraction accessibility, with multiple wallets already implementing the change. Pectra introduced Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 7702, a change that Ivo Georgiev, founder and CEO of self-custodial smart…

  • New bull cycle? Bitcoin’s return to $100K hints at ‘significant price move’

    New bull cycle? Bitcoin’s return to $100K hints at ‘significant price move’ 2025-05-08 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin’s realized cap is beating records and has almost reached the $900 billion mark. The market is laying the foundations for a “potentially significant price breakout,” new analysis says. Profit-taking is not hindering…

  • NASA JPL boss bails for ‘personal reasons’ as budget cuts bite

    NASA JPL boss bails for ‘personal reasons’ as budget cuts bite 2025-05-08 at 13:50 By Richard Speed Laurie Leshin to leave in June Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is stepping down in June and will be replaced by JPL veteran David Gallagher.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

  • Improperly Patched Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet

    Improperly Patched Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet 2025-05-08 at 13:50 By Ionut Arghire The patches for an exploited Samsung MagicINFO vulnerability are ineffective and a Mirai botnet has started targeting it. The post Improperly Patched Samsung MagicINFO Vulnerability Exploited by Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original…

  • Cisco Patches 35 Vulnerabilities Across Several Products

    Cisco Patches 35 Vulnerabilities Across Several Products 2025-05-08 at 13:01 By Ionut Arghire Cisco releases patches for 26 vulnerabilities in IOS and IOS XE software, including 17 critical- and high-severity bugs. The post Cisco Patches 35 Vulnerabilities Across Several Products appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React…

  • Amazon touts Vulcan – its first robot with a sense of ‘touch’

    Amazon touts Vulcan – its first robot with a sense of ‘touch’ 2025-05-08 at 12:47 By Iain Thomson Claims human warehouse workers will still live long and prosper Internet souk Amazon has unveiled a new robot for its warehouses and claims the machine uses a sense of “touch” to shift around 75 percent of the…

  • Dozens of SysAid Instances Vulnerable to Remote Hacking

    Dozens of SysAid Instances Vulnerable to Remote Hacking 2025-05-08 at 12:46 By Eduard Kovacs SysAid patches IT service management software vulnerabilities that can be chained for unauthenticated remote command execution.  The post Dozens of SysAid Instances Vulnerable to Remote Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React…

  • ESA feeling weightless and unwanted amid proposed NASA cuts

    ESA feeling weightless and unwanted amid proposed NASA cuts 2025-05-08 at 11:40 By Richard Speed Euro space agency insists it’s reliable and desirable in face of ‘abusive spouse’ NASA’s “skinny” budget has rattled its allies. After years of close cooperation, the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking jilted, while others describe the US space scene…

  • Cisco’s new chip wants to scale quantum computing faster

    Cisco’s new chip wants to scale quantum computing faster 2025-05-08 at 11:17 By Mirko Zorz Cisco is making significant strides in quantum computing by focusing on quantum networking, aiming to bring practical applications closer to reality. The company recently introduced a prototype of its Quantum Network Entanglement Chip and inaugurated the Cisco Quantum Lab in…

  • 60K Bitcoin addresses leaked as LockBit ransomware gang gets hacked

    60K Bitcoin addresses leaked as LockBit ransomware gang gets hacked 2025-05-08 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Almost 60,000 Bitcoin addresses tied to LockBit’s ransomware infrastructure were leaked after hackers breached the group’s dark web affiliate panel.  The leak included a MySQL database dump shared publicly online. It contained crypto-related information that could help…

  • Trump crypto adviser David Bailey raises $300M for Bitcoin investment firm

    Trump crypto adviser David Bailey raises $300M for Bitcoin investment firm 2025-05-08 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas David Bailey, CEO of crypto media company BTC Inc. and a close adviser to US President Donald Trump on digital assets, has reportedly raised $300 million to launch a new Bitcoin investment firm. The venture, named…

  • ServiceNow unveils AI agents to accelerate enterprise self-defense

    ServiceNow unveils AI agents to accelerate enterprise self-defense 2025-05-08 at 11:01 By Industry News ServiceNow launched a new, agentic chapter in enterprise security and risk, introducing AI agents to power the rise of self-defending enterprises. The new agents, available within ServiceNow’s Security and Risk solutions, are designed to improve consistency, identify insights, and reduce response…

  • ‘I see you’re running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?’

    ‘I see you’re running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?’ 2025-05-08 at 10:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dev creates official Clippy ‘love letter’ to query AI models on your box Clippy is back – and this time, its arrival on your desktop as a front-end for locally run LLMs has nothing to…

  • ProcessUnity Evidence Evaluator flags discrepancies in a third-party’s controls

    ProcessUnity Evidence Evaluator flags discrepancies in a third-party’s controls 2025-05-08 at 10:32 By Industry News ProcessUnity introduced Evidence Evaluator, an generative AI that reduces the manual lift of assessing and validating third-party security controls. A key component of ProcessUnity’s Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Platform, Evidence Evaluator automatically reviews third-party evidence and populates assessment responses complete…

  • Masimo Manufacturing Facilities Hit by Cyberattack

    Masimo Manufacturing Facilities Hit by Cyberattack 2025-05-08 at 10:32 By Eduard Kovacs Health technology and consumer electronics firm Masimo detected unauthorized activity on its network in late April. The post Masimo Manufacturing Facilities Hit by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

  • US banks can handle customer crypto assets held in custody, regulator confirms

    US banks can handle customer crypto assets held in custody, regulator confirms 2025-05-08 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has confirmed banks under its jurisdiction can trade crypto on behalf of customers and outsource some crypto activities to third parties.  Acting comptroller Rodney Hood…

  • Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware

    Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware 2025-05-08 at 10:00 By The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures. “LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and…

  • Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows

    Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows 2025-05-08 at 09:55 By Thomas Claburn Ubuntu 25.10 fitted with Rust-written admin tool by default for memory safety’s sake Canonical’s Ubuntu 25.10 is set to make sudo-rs, a Rust-based rework of the classic sudo utility, the default – part of a push to cut memory-related security…

  • G7 summit could discuss North Korea’s crypto hacks: Report

    G7 summit could discuss North Korea’s crypto hacks: Report 2025-05-08 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Group of Seven (G7) leaders could discuss North Korea’s escalating cyberattacks and crypto thefts at an upcoming summit in Canada, mid-next month. Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza will dominate discussions, but North Korea’s increasing cyber threats and crypto…

  • Bitcoin nears $100K as Trump set to reveal trade deal with UK

    Bitcoin nears $100K as Trump set to reveal trade deal with UK 2025-05-08 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoiners expect Bitcoin to soon break past $100,000 and potentially hit a new all-time high as US President Donald Trump is set to announce a trade deal with the UK. Trump said in a May…

  • Texas House committee passes Bitcoin reserve bill for full floor vote

    Texas House committee passes Bitcoin reserve bill for full floor vote 2025-05-08 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Texas House Committee has passed a Republican-backed bill to create a Bitcoin reserve, which now only needs a successful full floor vote before heading to the governor’s desk. The Texas House Committee on Delivery of…

  • How agentic AI and non-human identities are transforming cybersecurity

    How agentic AI and non-human identities are transforming cybersecurity 2025-05-08 at 09:03 By Help Net Security Within the average enterprise, non-human identities (NHIs) now outnumber employees, contractors, and customers by anything between 10-to-1 and 92-to-1. Add to this the fragmentation of human identity management resulting from authorizing a single person’s access to multiple on-premises, cloud…

  • Cisco Patches CVE-2025-20188 (10.0 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT

    Cisco Patches CVE-2025-20188 (10.0 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT 2025-05-08 at 09:03 By Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188,…

  • Even the best safeguards can’t stop LLMs from being fooled

    Even the best safeguards can’t stop LLMs from being fooled 2025-05-08 at 08:48 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Pound, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham shares his insights on the cybersecurity risks associated with LLMs. He discusses common organizational mistakes and the necessary precautions for securing sensitive data when…

  • Wave of tech layoffs leads to more job scams

    Wave of tech layoffs leads to more job scams 2025-05-08 at 08:06 By Sinisa Markovic The tech industry is experiencing significant layoffs, leaving thousands of IT and cybersecurity professionals in search of new employment opportunities. Unfortunately, as these individuals search for new opportunities, scammers are actively preying on them. Losing a job, especially when you…

  • New Campaign Targets HR Departments With False Resumes

    New Campaign Targets HR Departments With False Resumes 2025-05-08 at 08:06 By A recent campaign driven by Venom Spider, a financially-motivated threat group, is using spear-phishing emails to target hiring managers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Global cybersecurity readiness remains critically low

    Global cybersecurity readiness remains critically low 2025-05-08 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Only 4% of organizations worldwide have achieved the ‘mature’ level of readiness required to withstand cybersecurity threats, according to Cisco’s 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index. This is a slight increase from last year’s index, in which 3% of organizations worldwide were designated as…

  • Healthcare workers regularly upload sensitive data to GenAI, cloud accounts

    Healthcare workers regularly upload sensitive data to GenAI, cloud accounts 2025-05-08 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Healthcare organizations are facing a growing data security challenge from within, according to a new report from Netskope Threat Labs. The analysis reveals that employees in the sector are frequently attempting to upload sensitive information, including potentially protected…

  • Bitcoin returns to $98K as Fed holds rates steady despite Trump’s demand

    Bitcoin returns to $98K as Fed holds rates steady despite Trump’s demand 2025-05-08 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin has reclaimed $98,000 for the first time in almost three months after the US Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates the same for another month. The Fed’s decision to keep interest rates…

  • Bitcoin miner Core Scientific posts $580M Q1 profit but misses revenue estimates

    Bitcoin miner Core Scientific posts $580M Q1 profit but misses revenue estimates 2025-05-08 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific Inc. posted a net profit of $580 million with its first quarter results, but missed analyst revenue estimates after a drop in its mining profits. Core Scientific’s Q1 2025…

  • Arizona governor signs law for state to keep unclaimed crypto

    Arizona governor signs law for state to keep unclaimed crypto 2025-05-08 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed a bill into law allowing the US state to keep unclaimed crypto and establish a “Bitcoin Reserve Fund” that won’t use any taxpayer money or state funds. Hobbs signed House Bill…

  • Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus

    Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus 2025-05-08 at 05:50 By Tobias Mann Newly completed substation will help bear the load Elon Musk’s xAI is removing about half of the temporary gas-turbine generators powering its Colossus AI datacenter over the next two months, according to the Memphis Chamber of…

  • Binance founder CZ asked Trump to pardon money laundering conviction

    Binance founder CZ asked Trump to pardon money laundering conviction 2025-05-08 at 04:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Binance founder and convicted felon Changpeng Zhao says that he applied for a pardon from US President Donald Trump shortly after denying reports that he was seeking one. Zhao, also known as CZ, said on a Farokh…

  • PowerSchool paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Crooks may have lied

    PowerSchool paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Crooks may have lied 2025-05-08 at 03:47 By Iain Thomson Now individual school districts extorted by fiends An education tech provider that paid a ransom to prevent the leak of stolen student and teacher data is now watching its school district customers get individually extorted by…

  • After that 2024 Windows fiasco, CrowdStrike has a plan – jobs cuts, leaning on AI

    After that 2024 Windows fiasco, CrowdStrike has a plan – jobs cuts, leaning on AI 2025-05-08 at 02:35 By Thomas Claburn CEO: Neural net tech ‘flattens our hiring curve, helps us innovate’ CrowdStrike – the Texas antivirus slinger famous for crashing millions of Windows machines last year – plans to cut five percent of its…

  • India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor and spy

    India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor and spy 2025-05-08 at 02:23 By Simon Sharwood Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity India’s telecom regulator has signaled it’s ready to let Starlink and other satellite-broadband providers operate – but only if they agree to strict…

  • Trump administration to rescind ‘overly complex’ Biden-era curbs on AI chips

    Trump administration to rescind ‘overly complex’ Biden-era curbs on AI chips 2025-05-08 at 02:04 By Reuters “We will be replacing it with a much simpler rule that unleashes American innovation and ensures American AI dominance,” a Commerce Department spokesperson said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

  • Robinhood plans blockchain for US asset trading in Europe — Report

    Robinhood plans blockchain for US asset trading in Europe — Report 2025-05-08 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Brokerage fintech Robinhood is reportedly developing a blockchain network that will enable retail investors in Europe to trade US securities. According to a May 7 Bloomberg report citing sources familiar with the matter, the move seeks…

  • Falling DXY part of US financial system’s ‘long-term transition’ — Will Bitcoin continue to shine?

    Falling DXY part of US financial system’s ‘long-term transition’ — Will Bitcoin continue to shine? 2025-05-08 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva What to know: Lyn Alden says a weaker dollar is necessary for the US to stabilize its financial system. Bitcoin and gold are well-positioned to benefit from de-dollarization. Sovereign wealth funds and…

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