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SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported 2025-08-05 at 09:47 By SonicWall said it’s actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware actors in late July 2025. “Over the past 72 hours, there has been a notable increase in…

Ether-stacking BitMine crosses $3B milestone as ETH rallies 6% 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea ETH rallied nearly 6% on Monday as BitMine reported another massive purchase of 208,137 ETH, boosting the total value of its ETH holdings above $3 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Saylor’s Strategy has doubled its Bitcoin stash since Trump’s election 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Strategy has amassed 60% of its total holdings since Trump’s election, with its third-largest dollar-value purchase last week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Amazon’s Kuiper satellite broadband to offer commercial services from mid-2026 2025-08-05 at 08:17 By Simon Sharwood We know this because it just won a big client – Australia – which says that’s when it will start selling connections Amazon’s Project Kuiper space broadband service will be ready for commercial services “from the middle of 2026”…

CFTC pressured to probe nominee Brian Quintenz over ties to Kalshi 2025-08-05 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US Representative Dina Titus has asked the CFTC to investigate Brian Quintenz, Donald Trump’s pick to run the agency, over his ties to Kalshi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Trump Bitcoin adviser David Bailey wants to create a $200M PAC 2025-08-05 at 06:19 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A key priority of the proposed PAC would be to send the Bitcoin price to $10 million, according to Bailey, and positioning “for the long term.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Foxconn says EV sales are so slow it’s converting a factory to build AI servers instead 2025-08-05 at 05:37 By Simon Sharwood Cites low demand and overcapacity for electric cars on the same day Tesla gives Elon Musk $29 billion for similar reasons Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has sold its US electric vehicle factory…

Jim Acosta ‘interviews’ AI-generated avatar of deceased teenager promoting gun control message 2025-08-05 at 04:08 By Fox News Liberal journalist Jim Acosta “interviewed” the artificially animated avatar of deceased teenager Joaquin Oliver to promote a gun control message on Monday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View…

CFTC seeks to allow spot crypto trading on registered exchanges 2025-08-05 at 03:46 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The CFTC is seeking feedback on how to more effectively regulate spot crypto trading as it moves to implement recommendations from the Trump administration. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor 2025-08-05 at 03:46 By Iain Thomson ‘Plague’ malware has been around for months without tripping alarms Researchers at German infosec services company Nextron Threat have spotted malware that creates a highly-persistent Linux backdoor and say antivirus engines do not flag the code as malicious.… This…

Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes 2025-08-05 at 02:03 By Tobias Mann On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday.… This article is an excerpt from…

SonicWall investigates ‘cyber incidents,’ including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day 2025-08-05 at 00:46 By Jessica Lyons Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with ‘schmero-day’ SonicWall on Monday confirmed that it’s investigating a rash of ransomware activity targeting its firewall devices, following multiple reports of a zero-day bug under active exploit in its VPNs.……

GENIUS Act scrutinized for stablecoin yield ban as TradFi tokenization gains steam 2025-08-05 at 00:21 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The GENIUS Act’s ban on yield could dampen the appeal of digital dollars, particularly as tokenization efforts in traditional finance gain momentum. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Perplexity AI accused of scraping content against websites’ will with unlisted IP ranges 2025-08-04 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn Cloudflare finds AI search biz ignoring crawl prohibitions and trying to hide its spiders Perplexity, an AI search startup, has been spotted trying to disguise its content-scraping bots while flouting websites’ no-crawl directives.… This article is…

Forget the Space Force! Trump needs to create a Cyber Force, says think tank 2025-08-04 at 23:29 By Brandon Vigliarolo One new military branch per term would have to be some sort of record The US Space Force won’t be the only new military branch Donald Trump has created if forthcoming recommendations from a group…

Verb stock soars 200% after announcing TON treasury plan 2025-08-04 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Verb Technology is raising $558 million and rebranding as TON Strategy Co., becoming the first public company to hold Toncoin as a treasury asset. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

AI going critical: Hyundai to help build nuclear-powered datacenter in Texas 2025-08-04 at 22:32 By Tobias Mann Fermi America will also have 4GW of gas generators for the Amarillo ‘HyperGrid’ Nuclear power is enjoying something of a second renaissance in the US as hyperscalers grapple with AI’s seemingly insatiable appetite for power.… This article is…

Bitcoin price eyes $116K liquidity sweep with ETF comeback in focus 2025-08-04 at 22:11 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin ETF netflows may be key in gauging market appetite as exchange order-book liquidity puts $116,000 top of the list for bulls. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Nvidia releases update for ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in AI stack 2025-08-04 at 22:11 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Triton is Nvidia’s open-source inference server designed to optimize AI model deployment, now at the center of newly disclosed security vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies 2025-08-04 at 21:40 By Jessica Lyons PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome More than 4,000 victims across 62 countries have been infected by stealthy infostealers pilfering people’s passwords, credit card numbers, and browser cookies, which are then sold to…

Elon Musk says X will bring back Vine — with an AI twist — to rival TikTok, Reels 2025-08-04 at 21:22 By Ariel Zilber The billionaire announced the ambitious project on his social media platform X in late July, declaring: “We’re bringing back Vine, but in AI form.” This article is an excerpt from Latest…

Ex-Google exec’s shocking warning: AI will create 15 years of ‘hell’ — starting sooner than we think 2025-08-04 at 21:22 By Ariel Zilber “The next 15 years will be hell before we get to heaven,” Gawdat told British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett on his “Diary of a CEO” podcast on Monday. This article is an excerpt…

How fake news and deepfakes power the latest crypto pump-and-dump scams 2025-08-04 at 21:22 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Deer Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Coinbase turns lobbying efforts to UK in scathing op-ed 2025-08-04 at 21:22 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Former UK Chancellor and current Coinbase adviser George Osborne says the UK is falling behind in the cryptocurrency market, particularly when it comes to stablecoins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions 2025-08-04 at 19:53 By Brandon Vigliarolo The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain The US IT jobs market hasn’t exactly been robust thus far in 2025, and downward revisions to May and June’s…

NVIDIA Triton Bugs Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and Hijack AI Servers 2025-08-04 at 19:53 By A newly disclosed set of security flaws in NVIDIA’s Triton Inference Server for Windows and Linux, an open-source platform for running artificial intelligence (AI) models at scale, could be exploited to take over susceptible servers. “When chained together, these…

Ethereum unlikely to break $3,800 without stronger institutional demand 2025-08-04 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Ethereum faces weak institutional demand and lacks catalysts, keeping ETH price tied to broader altcoin trends and economic uncertainty. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

DeFi will become the default financial interface 2025-08-04 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Vikram Arun DeFi promised to rebuild the financial system from the ground up. Moving from early experiments to everyday utility demands an upgrade. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Mars says hello as NASA’s Europa Clipper warms up radar 2025-08-04 at 18:34 By Richard Speed Instrument works fine. Now, about those transistors NASA’s Europa Clipper probe checked out its radar as the spacecraft hurtled past Mars on the way to Jupiter’s moon Europa.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

Vietnamese Hackers Use PXA Stealer, Hit 4,000 IPs and Steal 200,000 Passwords Globally 2025-08-04 at 18:18 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new wave of campaigns distributing a Python-based information stealer called PXA Stealer. The malicious activity has been assessed to be the work of Vietnamese-speaking cybercriminals who monetize the stolen data through…

Bought the $112K dip? 5 signs Bitcoin’s bull run is about to return 2025-08-04 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly A Power of 3 pattern suggests a $126,000 target for Bitcoin after a leverage reset, but BTC price must first flip its immediate resistance level into new support. This article is an excerpt from…

Hertz rival also uses controversial AI scanners to charge customers for bogus damage claims: report 2025-08-04 at 17:58 By Ariel Zilber Sixt, the Germany-based rival which operates more than 100 branches in 25 US states, has reportedly been sticking car renters with bogus repair bills. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Mozilla flags phishing wave aimed at hijacking trusted Firefox add-ons 2025-08-04 at 17:58 By Connor Jones Devs told to exercise ‘extreme caution’ with emails disguised as account update prompts Mozilla is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting developers of Firefox add-ons.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

Elon Musk gets $29B pay package from Tesla board to keep him at EV maker 2025-08-04 at 16:59 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk was awarded a new $29 billion pay package by Tesla’s board on Monday as his original deal remains tied up in Delaware court. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Study finds radical nutjobs targeting gamers via Discord, Twitch, Steam 2025-08-04 at 16:59 By Gareth Halfacree ‘Hyper-masculine’ first-person shooter fandoms are prime targets Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University have sounded the alarm on “gaming-adjacent platforms” including Discord, Twitch, and Steam being used as “digital playgrounds” to funnel new recruits into far-right and other extremist ideologies…

Hyperliquid reimburses $2M to crypto traders after API outage 2025-08-04 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Hyperliquid’s rapid response may boost confidence in decentralized trading platforms, which are gaining market share on centralized exchanges. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Monero 51% attack disrupted by alleged DDoS attack on Qubic mining pool 2025-08-04 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The Qubic mining pool, which is attempting a 51% attack on Monero, is allegedly being hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack linked to the Monero community. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…