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  • Bitcoin tops $100K for first time since February after Trump trade deal with UK

    Bitcoin tops $100K for first time since February after Trump trade deal with UK 2025-05-08 at 20:49 By Reuters However, the world’s largest cryptocurrency remains below the record high of more than $109,000 reached in January. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

  • The IRS plans to replace fired enforcement workers with AI

    The IRS plans to replace fired enforcement workers with AI 2025-05-08 at 20:41 By Brandon Vigliarolo Another mask-off moment, although fresh research says RoI for the tech is still lacking Following considerable cuts to its enforcement workforce, the US’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to use AI to supplement its ability to collect taxes from…

  • Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’

    Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’ 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Singer Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security. But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the…

  • Missouri bill ending capital gains tax heads to governor for signature

    Missouri bill ending capital gains tax heads to governor for signature 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Missouri House Bill 594, a bill that would eliminate capital gains tax in the US state, has passed a vote in the state House of Representatives and now heads to Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk for…

  • 38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases

    38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an “industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation” engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years. The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin. “FreeDrain…

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

    Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does 2025-05-08 at 20:19 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…

  • Judge tosses nearly all claims against Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani in FTX lawsuit

    Judge tosses nearly all claims against Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani in FTX lawsuit 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Reuters The investors said the defendants ignored “red flags” and hid millions of dollars of payments to promote FTX as “brand ambassadors.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

  • Apple seeks pause on Epic Games contempt ruling that could cost App Store ‘billions’

    Apple seeks pause on Epic Games contempt ruling that could cost App Store ‘billions’ 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Thomas Barrabi Tim Cook’s Apple has asked a federal appeals court in California to pause an April 30 ruling requiring the company to open up its App Store to rivals – and claims it will suffer irreparable…

  • GNOME Foundation’s new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user

    GNOME Foundation’s new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Liam Proven Steven Deobald certainly talks the talk The GNOME Foundation has hired a new executive director to lead the organization, acting as GNOME’s public face and leading the non-profit’s fundraising efforts.… This article is an excerpt from…

  • Bitcoin price reclaims $100K for first time since January

    Bitcoin price reclaims $100K for first time since January 2025-05-08 at 19:28 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Bitcoin has reclaimed the $100,000 price level for the first time since January, reflecting renewed bullish sentiment among investors. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $100,000 mark on May 8 at 3:22 pm UTC, surging 4.2% from the intraday low…

  • Ex-Celsius CEO asks to travel for a wedding after sentencing

    Ex-Celsius CEO asks to travel for a wedding after sentencing 2025-05-08 at 19:28 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky will probably be allowed to travel for his daughter’s wedding regardless of the outcome of his May 8 sentencing hearing. In a May 8 filing in the US District Court for the…

  • Marks & Spencer Hackers Tricked IT Workers Into Resetting Passwords

    Marks & Spencer Hackers Tricked IT Workers Into Resetting Passwords 2025-05-08 at 19:28 By More information on the cyberattacks against Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Co-op has emerged, revealing that hackers deceived IT workers into resetting passwords.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this…

  • The many variants of the ClickFix social engineering tactic

    The many variants of the ClickFix social engineering tactic 2025-05-08 at 18:50 By Zeljka Zorz As new malware delivery campaigns using the ClickFix social engineering tactic are spotted nearly every month, it’s interesting to see how the various attackers are trying to refine the two main elements: the lure and the “instruction” page. In the…

  • I asked Chat GPT who should be the next Pope — here’s what AI platforms said

    I asked Chat GPT who should be the next Pope — here’s what AI platforms said 2025-05-08 at 18:24 By Ariel Zilber Each chatbot approached the query differently — but all shared a surprisingly common trait. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

  • SonicWall Patches 3 Flaws in SMA 100 Devices Allowing Attackers to Run Code as Root

    SonicWall Patches 3 Flaws in SMA 100 Devices Allowing Attackers to Run Code as Root 2025-05-08 at 18:23 By SonicWall has released patches to address three security flaws affecting SMA 100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances that could be fashioned to result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-32819 (CVSS score:…

  • User experience could be crypto’s superpower—or its kryptonite

    User experience could be crypto’s superpower—or its kryptonite 2025-05-08 at 18:13 By Cointelegraph by Jonathan Farnell Opinion by Jonathan Farnell, CEO of Freedx It’s 2025, and over 560 million people worldwide are already using cryptocurrency — roughly 17 times the population of Tokyo. That’s a vibrant community, yet for every user who’s embraced it, billions…

  • Arm says it isn’t worried by tariffs, but won’t give guidance for FY’26

    Arm says it isn’t worried by tariffs, but won’t give guidance for FY’26 2025-05-08 at 18:13 By Dan Robinson No direct impact on royalty, licensing biz but device end demand in firing line World War Fee  Arm shares took a tumble after it declined to issue guidance for the year ahead in light of the…

  • Valarian Bags $20M Seed Capital for ‘Isolation-First’ Infrastructure Tech

    Valarian Bags $20M Seed Capital for ‘Isolation-First’ Infrastructure Tech 2025-05-08 at 17:33 By SecurityWeek News British startup exits stealth with $20 million in seed-stage financing led by US investors Scout Ventures and Artis Ventures. The post Valarian Bags $20M Seed Capital for ‘Isolation-First’ Infrastructure Tech appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • Users find RISE with SAP service levels below industry standard

    Users find RISE with SAP service levels below industry standard 2025-05-08 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark Gartner also says customers say ERP vendor’s internal processes cause delays Users who signed up for the RISE with SAP deal are finding that the costs are higher than expected, and the service levels are worse, research from Gartner…

  • Bitcoin miner Hut 8 grows hashrate 79% despite $134M quarterly loss

    Bitcoin miner Hut 8 grows hashrate 79% despite $134M quarterly loss 2025-05-08 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Cryptocurrency mining firm Hut 8 increased its hashrate by 79% during the first quarter of the year. According to Hut8’s latest quarterly report released on May 8, the firm saw a net loss of $134.3 million…

  • Qilin Leads April 2025 Ransomware Spike with 45 Breaches Using NETXLOADER Malware

    Qilin Leads April 2025 Ransomware Spike with 45 Breaches Using NETXLOADER Malware 2025-05-08 at 17:03 By Threat actors with ties to the Qilin ransomware family have leveraged malware known as SmokeLoader along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled loader codenamed NETXLOADER as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. “NETXLOADER is a new .NET-based…

  • Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests

    Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests 2025-05-08 at 16:49 By Eduard Kovacs Four people have been arrested in Poland and several websites associated with DDoS-for-hire services have been shut down. The post Europol Announces More DDoS Service Takedowns, Arrests appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React…

  • Arista cats purr over $2B quarter while tariff time bomb ticks

    Arista cats purr over $2B quarter while tariff time bomb ticks 2025-05-08 at 16:29 By Dan Robinson Networking biz cashes in on AI hysteria, warns trade tensions could disrupt supply and margins World War Fee  Arista Networks is warning investors of the fear, uncertainty and doubt caused by the Trump administration’s shifting trade policies.… This…

  • Bitcoin DeFi sees surge in mining participation despite drop in TVL

    Bitcoin DeFi sees surge in mining participation despite drop in TVL 2025-05-08 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Smart contract platform Rootstock, the home of decentralized finance (DeFi) on Bitcoin, saw a sharp increase in network security and mining engagement in the first quarter of 2025, even as activity cooled. Merged mining participation surged…

  • Sweat wallet adds AI assistant, expands to multichain DeFi

    Sweat wallet adds AI assistant, expands to multichain DeFi 2025-05-08 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Lyne Qian Sweat, a move-to-earn platform that rewards users for physical activity, has launched a personalized AI agent and expanded its multichain infrastructure. The update is designed to improve user onboarding by offering interactive guidance and simplifying asset management across…

  • Ethereum price finally ‘breaking out,’ data suggests — Is $3K ETH next?

    Ethereum price finally ‘breaking out,’ data suggests — Is $3K ETH next? 2025-05-08 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Ether breaks multimonth downtrend as traders target $3,000 ETH price. Ethereum TVL surges 41% to $52.8 billion in 30 days, with a 22% rise in daily transactions to 1.34 million, signaling strong network…

  • Weaponizing Facebook Ads: Inside the Multi-Stage Malware Campaign Exploiting Cryptocurrency Brands

    Weaponizing Facebook Ads: Inside the Multi-Stage Malware Campaign Exploiting Cryptocurrency Brands 2025-05-08 at 16:11 By Ionut Alexandru BALTARIU A persistent malvertising campaign is plaguing Facebook, leveraging the reputations of well-known cryptocurrency exchanges to lure victims into a maze of malware. Since Bitdefender Labs started investigating, this evolving threat has posed a serious risk by deploying…

  • Possible Zero-Day Patched in SonicWall SMA Appliances

    Possible Zero-Day Patched in SonicWall SMA Appliances 2025-05-08 at 16:11 By Ionut Arghire SonicWall patches three SMA 100 vulnerabilities, including a potential zero-day, that could be chained to execute arbitrary code remotely. The post Possible Zero-Day Patched in SonicWall SMA Appliances appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source…

  • 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…

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