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MIT Sloan quietly shelves AI ransomware study after researcher calls BS 2025-11-04 at 04:32 By Thomas Claburn Even AI has doubts about the claim that ‘80% of ransomware attacks are AI-driven’ Do 80 percent of ransomware attacks really come from AI? MIT Sloan has now withdrawn a working paper that made that eyebrow-raising claim after…

Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself! 2025-11-04 at 04:32 By Jessica Lyons Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager at two separate cybersecurity firms have been indicted for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks of their own against multiple US companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Ripple buys Palisade as it tips corporations to drive crypto adoption 2025-11-04 at 04:27 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Ripple has added to its recent run of acquisitions, buying the crypto wallet and custody firm Palisade in a bid to boost its offerings to institutions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Cipher Mining rockets 32% after $5.5B data center deal with Amazon 2025-11-04 at 03:36 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Fellow miner IREN also signed a multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft worth $9.7 billion on Monday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Cisco suggests a stubby chassis, shrunken servers and router, to tame the edge 2025-11-04 at 03:27 By Simon Sharwood ‘Unified Edge’ designed so even retail workers can replace a server Cisco entered the server market in 2009 because the company thought incumbent vendors weren’t satisfying customers. On Monday, the networking giant entered the edge infrastructure…

Palantir CEO celebrates one cash culture to rule them all 2025-11-04 at 03:05 By Thomas Claburn If you want your First Amendment rights, make money the Palantir way Palantir CEO Alex Karp used his quarterly shareholder letter to take aim at critics after the company beat Q3 2025 earnings estimates.… This article is an excerpt…

Crypto whale who nailed the October crash opens $55M BTC and ETH longs 2025-11-04 at 02:29 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea HyperUnit, the whale that made $200 million from the US-China tariff crash last month, is now betting on a rebound in Bitcoin and Ether, opening $55 million in long positions. This article is an…

Google yanks Gemma after US senator says model ‘hallucinated’ her committing crimes 2025-11-04 at 00:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Still available via API, the developer-facing AI isn’t even really designed to answer general-purpose questions If Google’s Gemma were an employee, it might be facing HR right now. The company yanked the model from AI Studio after…

AWS, Nvidia, Crowdstrike seek security startups to enter the arena 2025-11-03 at 22:20 By Jessica Lyons Last year’s winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation Cloud and AI security startups have two weeks to apply for a program that fast-tracks access to investors and mentors from Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.……

Coin Center files brief in Ethereum MEV trial, disputes ‘honest validation’ theory 2025-11-03 at 22:12 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The advocacy organization filed a brief opposing prosecutors’ arguments that two brothers presented themselves as “honest validators” to allegedly pull off a $25-million exploit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Ethereum Foundation revamps grants program under new funding approach 2025-11-03 at 22:12 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Grants will now be distributed through a wishlist and requests for proposals, aligning funding with the Ethereum ecosystem’s goals. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

OpenAI strikes 7-year, $38B cloud computing deal with Amazon Web Services 2025-11-03 at 21:35 By Ariel Zilber OpenAI has come to terms on a massive 7-year, $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services to secure cloud computing capabilities needed to power its suite of advanced AI tools such as ChatGPT and Sora. The deal which…

Price predictions 11/3: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin and altcoin’s early November performance mirrors October, where the market ignored historicals and fell to new lows. Will bulls show any interest in buying the range lows? This article is an excerpt from…

Ripple launches crypto spot prime brokerage services 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright As Ripple’s Swell conference kicked off in New York this week, the company announced an expansion of OTC services following its October acquisition of a prime broker. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

OpenAI spreads the imaginary wealth beyond Microsoft with $38B AWS deal 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo Amazon deal still dwarfed by $250B Azure commitment made as part of OpenAI’s for-profit transformation OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services, adding another hyperscaler alongside Microsoft Azure for its growing AI compute…

Alaska Air phones a friend to find out what caused massive October outage 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Richard Speed Accenture to poke around the beleaguered airline’s IT infrastructure Alaska Airlines has called in consultants to advise it on what went wrong during a late October IT meltdown that grounded flights and wreaked havoc for two…

Malicious VSX Extension “SleepyDuck” Uses Ethereum to Keep Its Command Server Alive 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious extension in the Open VSX registry that harbors a remote access trojan called SleepyDuck. According to Secure Annex’s John Tuckner, the extension in question, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang (version 0.0.7), was first published on October…

Google curbs access to Gemma AI tech that falsely accused Sen. Marsha Blackburn of sexual misconduct 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Thomas Barrabi Google has pulled its Gemma AI model offline after Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) revealed that it had fabricated claims that she once faced allegations of sexual misconduct. This article is an excerpt from…

Hawkish Fed remarks drive $360M in crypto outflows but Solana ETFs shine 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Investors trimmed exposure to Bitcoin funds amid US policy uncertainty, even as Bitwise’s new Solana staking ETF attracted strong debut inflows last week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Microsoft, Alphabet throw more cash on the AI bonfire 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Dan Robinson The spending will continue until ROI improves Tech companies continue to sling crazy amounts of money at AI, with Microsoft announcing deals worth billions in Texas and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while Google parent Alphabet is selling bonds in…

Cybercrooks team up with organized crime to steal pricey cargo 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Connor Jones Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age Cybercriminals are increasingly orchestrating lucrative cargo thefts alongside organized crime groups (OCGs) in a modern-day resurgence of attacks on freight companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

Wikipedia co-founder blocks editing of ‘Gaza genocide’ page over ‘egregious’ anti-Israel claims 2025-11-03 at 19:09 By Ariel Zilber “At present, the lede and the overall presentation state…that Israel is committing genocide, although that claim is highly contested,” Wales wrote. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source…

Ethereum’s price chart targets sub-$3K as spot ETF demand cools 2025-11-03 at 19:08 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Ethereum’s price risked a deeper correction toward $2,800 as institutional demand through ETH ETFs and treasury companies declined This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

How high can Dash price go if it copies Zcash in November? 2025-11-03 at 19:08 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Dash’s setup mirrors Zcash’s pre-breakout phase, hinting at a possible 400% rally if it breaks above a multiyear technical resistance zone. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

BTC miner IREN lands $9.7B Microsoft deal, accelerating industry pivot to GPUs 2025-11-03 at 19:08 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi IREN’s Microsoft partnership underscores how Bitcoin miners are reinventing themselves as AI infrastructure providers amid tightening margins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Gullible bots struggle to distinguish between facts and beliefs 2025-11-03 at 19:08 By Lindsay Clark Researchers point to risks in high-stakes applications as well as the potential to spread misinformation Large language models often fail to distinguish between factual knowledge and personal belief, and are especially poor at recognizing when a belief is false.… This…

Tokenized Treasuries cross $8.6B as banks and exchanges push collateral use 2025-11-03 at 18:14 By Cointelegraph by Nick M Tokenized Treasuries have climbed to a capitalization of $8.63 billion as traders and banks begin using them for repo market financing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

How the Trump family turned crypto into an $800M gold rush 2025-11-03 at 18:13 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak A clear guide to WLFI, the TRUMP memecoin and USD1, explaining how token sales, trading fees and treasury deals produced $802 million for Trump-linked ventures. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Nasdaq issues warning to TON Strategy over $272M Toncoin purchase 2025-11-03 at 18:13 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Nasdaq has reprimanded TON Strategy for its $272.7 million Toncoin purchase and PIPE deal, citing missed shareholder approval rules. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Debian demands Rust or rust in peace for legacy ports 2025-11-03 at 18:13 By Liam Proven Memory safety trumps retro computing: Alpha, PA-RISC, m68k, SH4 face the chop in 2026 Debian’s APT package manager will have a “hard requirement” on Rust from May 2026. This move may make some rather big waves.… This article is…

ESA tests bacterial powder to feed Moon and Mars crews 2025-11-03 at 18:13 By Richard Speed Help me, HOBI-WAN, you’re my only hope for lunch The European Space Agency (ESA) has coined a tortured acronym for its project to feed astronauts on long-duration missions: HOBI-WAN (Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria In Weightlessness As a source of Nutrition).……

Cybercriminals Exploit Remote Monitoring Tools to Infiltrate Logistics and Freight Networks 2025-11-03 at 18:13 By Bad actors are increasingly training their sights on trucking and logistics companies with an aim to infect them with remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for financial gain and ultimately steal cargo freight. The threat cluster, believed to be active…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy kickstarts November with $45M Bitcoin buy 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Strategy’s Bitcoin acquisition rate has been significantly down since September, threatening to limit Bitcoin’s price recovery. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

DeFi needs higher certainty, not higher yield 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Cointelegraph by Robin Nordnes High yields mean nothing without execution certainty. Institutional DeFi adoption demands predictable transactions over speculative returns at scale. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Not all RWA growth is real, and the industry knows it 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Cointelegraph by Aishwary Gupta Inflated dashboards don’t build institutional trust. Only verifiable assets, regulatory clarity and real usage can power the RWA revolution. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Agentic AI reshaping tech hiring policies, say CTOs and CIOs 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Lindsay Clark Oh the irony: IEEE survey of senior techies finds demand for devs skills falling in AI-related roles Demand for software development skills in AI-related roles is set to fall next year as agentic AI accelerates across business markets, according…

Metropolitan Police hails facial recognition tech after record year for arrests 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Connor Jones But question marks remain over the tech’s biases London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) says the hundreds of live facial recognition (LFR) deployments across the Capital last year led to 962 arrests, according to a new report on the…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Lazarus Hits Web3, Intel/AMD TEEs Cracked, Dark Web Leak Tool & More 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Cyberattacks are getting smarter and harder to stop. This week, hackers used sneaky tools, tricked trusted systems, and quickly took advantage of new security problems—some just hours after being found. No system was fully safe. From…

The Evolution of SOC Operations: How Continuous Exposure Management Transforms Security Operations 2025-11-03 at 15:57 By Security Operations Centers (SOC) today are overwhelmed. Analysts handle thousands of alerts every day, spending much time chasing false positives and adjusting detection rules reactively. SOCs often lack the environmental context and relevant threat intelligence needed to quickly verify…

Researchers Uncover BankBot-YNRK and DeliveryRAT Android Trojans Stealing Financial Data 2025-11-03 at 14:05 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on two different Android trojans called BankBot-YNRK and DeliveryRAT that are capable of harvesting sensitive data from compromised devices. According to CYFIRMA, which analyzed three different samples of BankBot-YNRK, the malware incorporates features to sidestep analysis…

‘Not good’ for price: Bitcoin ETF demand starts to lag newly mined BTC 2025-11-03 at 13:46 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale The slowdown in institutional demand could be a factor in the cooling of Bitcoin’s bull run, adding further downward pressure on the BTC price. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Retail investors ‘retreat’ to $98.5K: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-11-03 at 13:46 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin dropped another 2% to start November as network data warned of a potential BTC price dip below the $100,000 support level. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…