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Dormant Ethereum whale buys $28M ETH, ignites ‘V-shaped’ recovery hopes 2025-08-26 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ethereum price forecasts range from $7,500 by year-end and up to $20,000 in the most bullish scenarios. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft tweaks Windows Out of Box Experience for enterprises to adjust control freakery 2025-08-26 at 19:51 By Richard Speed Administrators can get patches installed via Intune before the first login From next month, Windows administrators will be able to inflict Microsoft’s quality updates on users via the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) by default.… This…

Report Reveals Gap Between AI Use and AI Security In Embedded Software 2025-08-26 at 19:19 By A new report reveals a disconnect between the organizational use of AI and AI security. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

AT&T to buy wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $23B in bid to lure more subscribers 2025-08-26 at 19:04 By Reuters EchoStar had been seeking to shield its cache of wireless spectrum licenses from the threat of revocation by the FCC. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

Bitcoin Q2 dip similarities ‘uncanny’ as Coinbase Premium flips green 2025-08-26 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin is repeating earlier BTC price behavior, analysis suggests as a Coinbase Premium comeback joins positive ETF flows for a crypto market rebound. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs – after attackers beat them to it 2025-08-26 at 18:57 By Carly Page Criminals already abusing its latest zero-days Citrix has pushed out fixes for three fresh NetScaler holes – and yes, they’ve already been used in the wild before the vendor got around to patching.… This article is…

ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent Juice spacecraft to a bug in the code 2025-08-26 at 18:57 By Richard Speed Timer fail blamed for probe going quiet as Venus looms The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward…

Attorneys general warn AI firms that ‘if you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it’ 2025-08-26 at 18:04 By Ariel Zilber “Don’t hurt kids. That is an easy bright line,” the AGs thundered in the letter, which was sent on Monday to industry heavyweights including Meta. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Japan’s Monex Group considers launching yen-pegged stablecoin 2025-08-26 at 18:00 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Tokyo-based Monex Group is weighing the launch of a yen-pegged stablecoin, with its chairman, Oki Matsumoto, citing the need to keep pace in digital finance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

SharpLink added $252M ETH last week, $200M war chest left 2025-08-26 at 18:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas SharpLink has expanded its Ether treasury to almost 800,000 ETH after last week’s $252 million purchase, while also approving a $1.5 billion stock buyback plan. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Google to require dev verification for all Android apps by 2027 2025-08-26 at 18:00 By Tim Anderson Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in September…

Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement 2025-08-26 at 17:35 By David Meyer Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup AI search outfit Perplexity has been hit with yet another copyright lawsuit, this time courtesy of Japan’s Nikkei and Asahi media companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness 2025-08-26 at 16:56 By Connor Jones Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.… This article is an excerpt…

MixShell Malware Delivered via Contact Forms Targets U.S. Supply Chain Manufacturers 2025-08-26 at 16:50 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a sophisticated social engineering campaign that’s targeting supply chain-critical manufacturing companies with an in-memory malware dubbed MixShell. The activity has been codenamed ZipLine by Check Point Research. “Instead of sending unsolicited phishing emails, attackers…

Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX? 2025-08-26 at 16:19 By Richard Speed We’ve going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds! Elon Musk’s monster rocket, Starship, remains firmly on the launchpad after two scrubs in a row, first due to an oxygen leak and then some clouds.… This article is an excerpt…

Jon Rice rejoins Cointelegraph as editor-in-chief 2025-08-26 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph Veteran crypto journalist Jon Rice is back at Cointelegraph, where he will chart a new editorial direction and strengthen newsroom integrity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

AI-Driven Trends in Endpoint Security: What the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Reveals 2025-08-26 at 15:45 By Cyber threats and attacks like ransomware continue to increase in volume and complexity with the endpoint typically being the most sought after and valued target. With the rapid expansion and adoption of AI, it is more critical than ever…

ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners 2025-08-26 at 15:45 By A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the ClickFix social engineering tactic to deliver information stealers, ransomware, and cryptocurrency miners. The large-scale…

Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge 2025-08-26 at 15:32 By Carly Page Isolation? We’ve heard of it Docker has patched a critical hole in Docker Desktop that let a container break out and take control of the host machine with laughable ease.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Animoca joins Antler to bring Japanese anime, manga IP onchain 2025-08-26 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Animoca Brands has partnered with Antler’s Ibex Japan to launch a Web3 fund aimed at bringing Japan’s anime and manga IP onchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

James Wynn wiped on 10x DOGE bet, as he prepares to ‘go max long’ 2025-08-26 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The millionaire leverage trader was liquidated on his latest DOGE position, as he predicted an end to the current market downturn. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Was $124K the top? Bitcoin’s price peak signals tell a different story 2025-08-26 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Bitcoin’s pullback is flushing out weaker hands, while resilient holders remain focused on the $150,000 technical analysis target in play. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

The (Microsoft) Windows Are Wide Open for Bad Actors 2025-08-26 at 15:05 By Most healthcare organizations won’t be able to fully transition to Windows 11 before Microsoft ends Windows 10 support. That means that bad actors will soon be launching malware that takes advantage.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed…

Farmers Insurance harvests bad news: 1.1M customers snared in data breach 2025-08-26 at 14:39 By Carly Page Crims raided third-party systems and lifted personal data, including license numbers and partial SSNs US insurance giant Farmers Insurance says more than a million customers had personal data nicked after a third-party vendor was compromised.… This article is…

Dollar stability questioned as Trump ousts Federal Reserve governor 2025-08-26 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sparked a legal standoff and renewed concerns over the Fed’s independence. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Blue chip NFTs sink double digits as ETH retreats from record highs 2025-08-26 at 13:09 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Pudgy Penguins, BAYC and Doodles led the decline over the past week, while CryptoPunks held on with only a 1.35% drop. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

HOOK Android Trojan Adds Ransomware Overlays, Expands to 107 Remote Commands 2025-08-26 at 13:08 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay screens to display extortion messages. “A prominent characteristic of the latest variant is its capacity to deploy a full-screen ransomware overlay, which…

Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline 2025-08-26 at 12:54 By Connor Jones Phone lines also down as officials rely on social media to issue updates The state of Nevada is now two days into a cyberattack that has brought down many of its digital services.… This article is an excerpt from…

CertiK predicts ‘endless war’ with crypto hackers after $2.5B stolen 2025-08-26 at 12:17 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Ever-evolving cybersecurity efforts are forcing hackers to seek out weak links among human vulnerabilities to fuel an ‘endless war,’ CertiK co-founder said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

One long sentence is all it takes to make LLMs misbehave 2025-08-26 at 12:17 By Gareth Halfacree Chatbots ignore their guardrails when your grammar sucks, researchers find Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered the key to getting large language model (LLM) chatbots to ignore their guardrails, and it’s quite simple.… This…

Malware-ridden apps made it into Google’s Play Store, scored 19 million downloads 2025-08-26 at 10:47 By Iain Thomson Everything’s fine, the ad slinger assures us Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s security scans.… This article is…

Google to Verify All Android Developers in 4 Countries to Block Malicious Apps 2025-08-26 at 10:00 By Google has announced plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even for those who distribute their software outside the Play Store. “Android will require all apps to be registered by verified…

CISA Adds Three Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Affecting Citrix and Git 2025-08-26 at 10:00 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws impacting Citrix Session Recording and Git to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as…

Two wrongs don’t make a copyright 2025-08-26 at 09:33 By Rupert Goodwins What the Dickens is going on in Germany? Opinion  Let’s talk law and let’s talk donkey. Or. in the British vernacular, ass. In particular, let’s go back to Charles Dickens, a pungent critic of the law, who had one of his characters in…

Robinhood, Strategy shares dip as they miss out on S&P 500 inclusion 2025-08-26 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Robinhood and Strategy both saw their stock prices sink as they were looked over for inclusion on the S&P 500, which went to Interactive Brokers Group. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Gemini surpasses Coinbase on app store charts after XRP Mastercard launch 2025-08-26 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Gemini has overtaken Coinbase on the US Apple App Store’s finance category, even though Coinbase reports much higher trading volumes. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

UAE reportedly holds $700M in mined Bitcoin: Arkham 2025-08-26 at 09:24 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte UAE’s holdings were previously speculated to be as much as 420,000 Bitcoin from sources such as criminal seizures. The new figures are far less impressive. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…