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Coders paired with bot buddies work fast, but take too many shortcuts 2025-11-04 at 18:40 By Joe Fay Trust me bro, says GitHub Copilot. And programmers just… do Developers who “pair code” with an AI assistant stand to learn as much as they do in traditional human-human pairings, but also show a less critical attitude…

Europol and Eurojust Dismantle €600 Million Crypto Fraud Network in Global Sweep 2025-11-04 at 18:39 By Nine people have been arrested in connection with a coordinated law enforcement operation that targeted a cryptocurrency money laundering network that defrauded victims of €600 million (~$688 million). According to a statement released by Eurojust today, the action took…

What’s at stake for Sam Bankman-Fried’s long-awaited appeal? 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The former FTX CEO is currently serving a 25-year sentence in federal prison, but has the opportunity to get a new trial. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Solana treasury Forward Industries authorizes $1B share repurchase 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Forward Industries, which has accumulated more than $1 billion worth of Solana, saw its share price plunge Tuesday morning. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Tesla board wants to grant Musk $1T in stock, Norway wealth fund says nope 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By Lindsay Clark Norges Bank Investment Management votes against excessive award, automaker’s share price skids Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has opposed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposed $1 trillion share award, which the carmaker’s board says is necessary to…

1.2M Individuals’ Data Stolen In University Hacking 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By The University of Pennsylvania experienced a cyber incident in which a series of mass emails were sent to students, parents, faculty and alumni.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Critical React Native CLI Flaw Exposed Millions of Developers to Remote Attacks 2025-11-04 at 17:17 By Details have emerged about a now-patched critical security flaw in the popular “@react-native-community/cli” npm package that could be potentially exploited to run malicious operating system (OS) commands under certain conditions. “The vulnerability allows remote unauthenticated attackers to easily trigger…

Win10 still clings to over 40% of devices weeks after Microsoft pulls support 2025-11-04 at 16:49 By Richard Speed Popular operating system much more sticky than Windows 7 was during its EOL As the dust settles over the end of support for many versions of Windows 10, the operating system remains a significant presence in…

Vice President Dick Cheney Passes Away at Age 84 2025-11-04 at 16:36 By Former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away at age 84 on November 3, 2025 with a public announcement on November 4, 2025. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Invasion of the message body snatchers! Teams flaw allowed crims to impersonate the boss 2025-11-04 at 16:27 By Carly Page Check Point lifts lid on a quartet of Teams vulns that made it possible to fake the boss, forge messages, and quietly rewrite history Microsoft Teams, one of the world’s most widely used collaboration tools,…

Microsoft Teams Bugs Let Attackers Impersonate Colleagues and Edit Messages Unnoticed 2025-11-04 at 16:27 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four security flaws in Microsoft Teams that could have exposed users to serious impersonation and social engineering attacks. The vulnerabilities “allowed attackers to manipulate conversations, impersonate colleagues, and exploit notifications,” Check Point said in…

$10B + spent on liquid cooling this week – it’s only Tuesday 2025-11-04 at 15:33 By Dan Robinson Eaton and Vertiv splash cash as HPC infrastructure and AI factories run hot Liquid cooling tech is hot. It’s only Tuesday and already infrastructure specialists have forked out more than $10 billion on companies proffering tech that…

Cybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe 2025-11-04 at 15:17 By Connor Jones France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally Researchers are seeing a “dramatic” increase in cybercrime involving physical violence across Europe, with at least 18 cases reported since the start of the year.… This article…

CZ’s Giggle Academy distances itself from GIGGLE as token plunges 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Giggle Academy, founded by Binance’s CZ, clarified that it is not behind the GIGGLE token as market swings and community confusion continue to unfold. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Bitcoin long-term holders offload 400K BTC: How low can BTC price go? 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Selling by long-term Bitcoin holders, capitulation by short-term holders and a weakening technical structure could fuel BTC’s price drop to $72K. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

OpenAI API moonlights as malware HQ in Microsoft’s latest discovery 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Carly Page Redmond uncovers SesameOp, a backdoor hiding its tracks by using OpenAI’s Assistants API as a command channel Hackers have found a new use for OpenAI’s Assistants API – not to write poems or code, but to secretly control malware.……

Ransomware Defense Using the Wazuh Open Source Platform 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Ransomware is malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or encrypt data until a ransom is paid. This cyberattack is one of the most prevalent and damaging threats in the digital landscape, affecting individuals, businesses, and critical infrastructure worldwide. A…

Operation SkyCloak Deploys Tor-Enabled OpenSSH Backdoor Targeting Defense Sectors 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Threat actors are leveraging weaponized attachments distributed via phishing emails to deliver malware likely targeting the defense sector in Russia and Belarus. According to multiple reports from Cyble and Seqrite Labs, the campaign is designed to deploy a persistent backdoor on compromised…

Balancer hack shows signs of months-long planning by skilled attacker 2025-11-04 at 14:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The $116 million Balancer exploit appears to have been months in the making, with the attacker utilizing Tornado Cash and advanced methods to evade detection. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

China’s budget AI bots smash ChatGPT in crypto trading face-off 2025-11-04 at 14:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The Chinese budget AI model QWEN3 was the only one to generate positive returns, while its more heavily funded competitors returned significant losses. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Keeping the lights on takes up nearly all police IT spending in England and Wales 2025-11-04 at 13:54 By Lindsay Clark Plans for investing in AI and service transformation held up as treasury pulls plug, NAO finds Police forces in England and Wales spend around 97 percent of their £2 billion ($2.6 billion) annual technology…

‘What the hell, Microsoft?’ Users hit with ‘incorrect’ ESU and LTSC Win10 out-of-support messages 2025-11-04 at 13:25 By Richard Speed Microsoft accidentally tells supported users that they aren’t Microsoft says a broken update left some Windows 10 users staring at an out-of-support message despite having an activated Extended Security Updates (ESU) license or a version…

AI’s trillion dollar deal wheel bubbling around Nvidia, OpenAI 2025-11-04 at 12:55 By Abhishek Jadhav How to build a trillion-dollar industry: Step 1, invest in your customers. Step 2, sell them stuff Feature  In late 2025, a series of multi-billion-dollar deals in the artificial intelligence sector is causing déjà vu among industry veterans. Money, computer…

Google Cloud suspended customer’s account three times, for three different reasons 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Simon Sharwood Experience leads company boss to decide ‘I cannot rely on having a Google account for production use cases’ The founder of a service that manages SSL certificates says Google Cloud has suspended his account three times, without good…

China’s president Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Simon Sharwood South Korea’s president laughed, so perhaps it was funny? Unlike China’s censorship and snooping Chinese president Xi Jinping has joked that smartphones from Xiaomi might include backdoors.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders Accused of BlackCat Ransomware Attacks 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware between May and November 2023 and extorting them. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and an unnamed co–conspirator…

Microsoft Detects “SesameOp” Backdoor Using OpenAI’s API as a Stealth Command Channel 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control (C2) communications. “Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this backdoor abuses OpenAI as a…

Ministry of Defence’s F-35 blunder: £57B and counting 2025-11-04 at 11:30 By Dan Robinson Government spending watchdog eviscerates penny wise, pound foolish approach Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being criticized for undermining its F-35 stealth fighter program through years of short-term budget decisions that have increased long-term costs and left the fleet understrength and…

FTX drops ‘restricted countries’ motion but warns it may refile 2025-11-04 at 11:29 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The FTX Recovery Trust dropped a motion to limit payouts to creditors in countries including China, which holds about $380 million in claims. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…