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British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50% 2025-10-14 at 14:09 By Connor Jones Warn businesses to act now as high-severity incidents keep climbing Cyberattacks that meet upper severity thresholds set by the UK government’s cyber agents have risen 50 percent in the last year, despite almost zero change in the volume of…

Ofcom refuses to bite over Openreach’s fiber freebies 2025-10-14 at 13:18 By Dan Robinson Watchdog says it sees no case to investigate discounted FTTP upgrade offer – but will keep an eye on it Ofcom has declined to intervene after smaller network providers complained that a special upgrade offer from Openreach could threaten competition in…

$19B crypto market crash was ‘controlled deleveraging,’ not cascade: Analyst 2025-10-14 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Analysts said most of the record $19 billion crypto liquidation was organic deleveraging, but other traders accused market makers of deepening the crash. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Monad co-founder flags Telegram ad scam in official channel ahead of airdrop 2025-10-14 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Monad co-founder Keone Hon warned users to stay vigilant after fake links appeared as Telegram ads in its official announcements channel. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Brit AI boffins making bank with £560K average pay packet at Anthropic 2025-10-14 at 12:16 By SA Mathieson Google, DeepMind, Microsoft also shower UK staff with six-figure salaries The UK units of some US technology companies are paying average salaries of well into six figures, with some more than matching that with share-based payments, according…

US spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs shed $755M after crypto market crash 2025-10-14 at 11:50 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs faced heavy outflows on Monday as investors grew cautious following a record $20 billion weekend liquidation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Unwary SAP private cloud users face 10% renewal hikes, warns Gartner 2025-10-14 at 11:50 By Lindsay Clark On-prem discounts drying up as ERP giant sends ‘mixed signals’ on pricing Gartner has reported that SAP customers opting for private cloud have seen price increases of 10 percent or more on renewal proposals if they fail to…

EU biometric border system launches, suffers teeting problems 2025-10-14 at 11:50 By SA Mathieson Malfunctioning equipment and manual processing cause 90-minute waits The European Union’s new biometric Exit/Entry System (EES) got off to a chaotic start at Prague’s international airport, with travelers facing lengthy queues and malfunctioning equipment forcing border staff to process arrivals manually.……

Cyber Resilience Now: Why 2025 Demands a Shift from Defense to Readiness 2025-10-14 at 11:49 By October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, and this year’s focus feels more urgent than ever as cyber warfare enters a new phase. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to…

npm, PyPI, and RubyGems Packages Found Sending Developer Data to Discord Channels 2025-10-14 at 11:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified several malicious packages across npm, Python, and Ruby ecosystems that leverage Discord as a command-and-control (C2) channel to transmit stolen data to actor-controlled webhooks. Webhooks on Discord are a way to post messages to channels…

Researchers Expose TA585’s MonsterV2 Malware Capabilities and Attack Chain 2025-10-14 at 11:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called TA585 that has been observed delivering an off-the-shelf malware called MonsterV2 via phishing campaigns. The Proofpoint Threat Research Team described the threat activity cluster as sophisticated, leveraging web injections and…

Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet now valued below BTC holdings 2025-10-14 at 11:24 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Japan Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet paused Bitcoin purchases for two weeks, only to see its enterprise value slip below the value of its BTC holdings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Ubuntu 25.10 lands: Rustier and Wayland-ier, but Flatpak is broken 2025-10-14 at 11:15 By Liam Proven Canonical’s Questing Quokka waddles in at 5.7 GB with AppArmor woes The latest interim release of Ubuntu is here, showcasing some significant changes. This isn’t a long-term release, yet many of its differences will be in 26.04 next year.……

SEAL team develops ‘verifiable phishing reports’ to fight scammers 2025-10-14 at 08:00 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Security Alliance has developed TLS Attestations to cryptographically verify phishing reports, solving the problem of scammers cloaking malicious content. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

TradFi giant JPMorgan is planning to offer crypto trading for clients 2025-10-14 at 06:07 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby JPMorgan executive Scott Lucas confirms crypto trading services are in development, but his firm is hesitant to handle crypto custody at the moment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

‘Crowd FUD’ is the best signal for when to buy Bitcoin: Analyst 2025-10-14 at 06:07 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Santiment analyst Brian Q said emotional trading tied to political news is dominating short-term market behavior more than ever. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expresses gratitude after Israeli employee released by Hamas: ‘Welcome home’ 2025-10-14 at 04:15 By Fox Business Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sent a letter to the chip giant’s staff expressing gratitude for the release of Avinatan Or, an Israeli employee of the company who was released from Hamas captivity after two years. This article…

Bhutan migrates its national ID system to Ethereum 2025-10-14 at 04:15 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network’s immutability and decentralization. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Nvidia’s GB10 workstations arrive with 1 petaFLOPS of compute, 128GB of VRAM, and a $3K+ price tag 2025-10-14 at 04:15 By Tobias Mann Systems from Nvidia, Dell, and others available starting Oct. 15 Nvidia’s tiniest Grace-Blackwell workstation is finally making its way to store shelves this week, the better part of a year after the…

3 reasons why a Bitcoin rally to $125K could be delayed 2025-10-14 at 01:21 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Friday’s flash crash reduced short-term risk appetite but did not affect Bitcoin’s long-term potential, possibly delaying a new all-time high by weeks or even months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

How China’s threats to clamp down on rare earth exports could wreak havoc on US tech giants, military contractors 2025-10-13 at 23:32 By Thomas Barrabi The supply chains of tech giants like Apple, car firms like Tesla and even the US military will be thrown into chaos if China follows through on threats to further…

Binance airdrops $45M in BNB to memecoin traders hit by market crash 2025-10-13 at 23:19 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The compensation plan marks Binance ecosystem’s biggest user relief effort yet following the crypto market wipeout of about $20 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Nobel Peace Prize bets on Polymarket under scrutiny: Report 2025-10-13 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Data from Polymarket showed one user with a recently opened account made more than $30,000 exclusively through bets on the peace prize winner. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft’s OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won’t forget easily 2025-10-13 at 21:10 By Richard Speed Then shalt thee change the setting three times, no more! Microsoft’s OneDrive is increasing the creepiness quotient by using AI to spot faces in photos and group images accordingly. Don’t worry, it can be turned off –…

LendingTree’s 55-year-old CEO Doug Lebda dies in ATV accident: ‘devastating’ 2025-10-13 at 20:30 By Ariel Zilber The Charlotte-based company’s board appointed President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Peyree as president and CEO effective immediately. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Bose kills SoundTouch: Smart speakers go dumb in Feb 2025-10-13 at 20:30 By Richard Speed Cloud support to be ditched on older hardware, customers left with pricey paperweights Audio equipment biz Bose is discontinuing cloud support for its SoundTouch product line, effectively reducing the premium devices to basic speakers with limited functionality.… This article is…

Price predictions 10/13: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE 2025-10-13 at 20:12 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin and the major altcoins witnessed solid buying at lower levels, but a sustained relief rally is unlikely as the bears are expected to sell at higher levels. This article is an excerpt from…

Vodafone keels over, cutting off millions of mobile and broadband customers 2025-10-13 at 20:12 By Richard Speed Outage knocks out phones, broadband – even telco’s own status page Vodafone fell over in the UK this afternoon, with Register readers reporting that many services including mobile coverage, internet services, and even the company’s own status page…

Broadcom cozies up to OpenAI for 10 GW custom chip love-in 2025-10-13 at 19:42 By Joe Fay Every human deserves their own accelerator, says ChatGPT creator Broadcom has cuddled up with OpenAI as the ChatGPT outfit looks for ever more help building out the vast infrastructure it needs to deliver on its dreams of advanced…

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters rage-quit the internet (again), promise to return next year 2025-10-13 at 19:42 By Connor Jones ‘We will never stop,’ say crooks, despite retiring twice in the space of a month The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) cybercrime collective – compriseed primarily of teenagers and twenty-somethings – announced it will go dark until 2026…

Bitcoin whale reveals 3.5K BTC short: key support levels to watch next 2025-10-13 at 19:12 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin stopped short of a full rebound at $116,000 as traders monitored whale activity and several key BTC price support levels. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Bitcoin mining stocks rebound after Trump’s tariff threat sparked market turmoil 2025-10-13 at 19:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Analysts say confusion over China’s export rules briefly rattled markets before Bitcoin miners led a swift recovery on Monday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

3 Types of CISOs and How to Recognize Them 2025-10-13 at 19:11 By Security magazine talks with Bryan Marlatt, Chief Regional Officer (North America) at CyXcel, about different types of CISOs based on their skillsets.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bun 1.3 stuffs everything and kitchen sink into JS runtime 2025-10-13 at 18:47 By Tim Anderson All-in-one toolkit or over-ambitious feature creep? You decide Version 1.3 of the Bun JavaScript runtime and toolkit has landed, pushing forward the project’s goal to consolidate fragmented JavaScript toolchains into a single solution. Yet the rapid expansion has some…

Benioff retreats from idea of sending troops in to clean up San Francisco 2025-10-13 at 18:47 By Joe Fay Salesforce CEO praises Trump before walking back criticism of city’s policing San Francisco’s political establishment rounded on Marc Benioff over the weekend after the Salesforce founder backed the idea of sending in the National Guard to…

Crypto fundraising sets new record of $3.5B in a single week 2025-10-13 at 17:18 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Crypto companies looking to raise funds set a new record, reaching $3.5 billion in a single week last week, before the market crashed on Friday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

A state-backed crypto fund just made its first buy — and it wasn’t Bitcoin 2025-10-13 at 17:18 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya A sovereign crypto fund surprised markets by making its first investment in BNB, rather than Bitcoin. This is a big, bold move in Kazakhstan’s strategy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

BitMine adds over 200K ETH in ‘aggressive’ post-crash weekend buying 2025-10-13 at 17:18 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai BitMine’s Tom Lee saw the market crash as a discount buying opportunity, acquiring over $827 million worth of Ether over the weekend. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Android ‘Pixnapping’ attack can capture app data like 2FA codes 2025-10-13 at 17:18 By Thomas Claburn GPU-based timing attack inspired by decade-old iframe technique Security researchers have resurrected a 12-year-old data-stealing attack on web browsers to pilfer sensitive info from Android devices.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…