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Help Desk Havoc: Why Identity Verification Is Still the Weakest Link in Targeted Attacks 2025-10-10 at 19:06 By Help desks are often the first line of defense for malicious identity verification activity, yet are among the most under-protected entry points in the enterprise.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed…

Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot 2025-10-10 at 18:45 By Richard Speed Viva Insights turns AI guzzling into a leaderboard Microsoft is adding Copilot adoption benchmarks to Viva Insights, a tool that lets managers monitor teams to spot those that are gulping down the AI Kool-Aid fastest.… This article is an excerpt…

Crypto safety 2025: 7 easy ways to avoid hacks and scams 2025-10-10 at 18:17 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Discover seven simple, proven habits — strong 2FA, safe signing, hot/cold wallet separation and recovery plans — to block phishing, toxic approvals, fake support and more. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

AI bubble? Bitcoin’s high correlation to Nvidia sparks 80% crash warning 2025-10-10 at 18:17 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Circular AI investments among Nvidia, OpenAI, and AMD have shown similarities to the dot-com bubble, which could spill over to harm the crypto market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers 2025-10-10 at 17:52 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js’ Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads. According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the…

Microsoft Warns of ‘Payroll Pirates’ Hijacking HR SaaS Accounts to Steal Employee Salaries 2025-10-10 at 17:52 By A threat actor known as Storm-2657 has been observed hijacking employee accounts with the end goal of diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. “Storm-2657 is actively targeting a range of U.S.-based organizations, particularly employees in sectors like higher…

Pro-Russia hacktivist group dies of cringe after falling into researchers’ trap 2025-10-10 at 17:27 By Connor Jones Forescout’s phony water plant fooled TwoNet into claiming a fake cyber victory – then it quietly shut up shop Security researchers say they duped pro-Russia cybercriminals into targeting a fake critical infrastructure organization, which the crew later claimed…

Major crypto betting platform Shuffle announces user data breach 2025-10-10 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Crypto betting platform Shuffle suffered a major data breach via its CRM provider Fast Track, exposing most users’ data, founder Noa Dummett said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

It’s Solana’s turn to fill the corporate crypto war chest 2025-10-10 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun From the FTX fallout to Metaplanet-inspired expansion, Solana’s corporate story is coming full circle through its SOL treasury companies. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Kalshi raises $300M to expand prediction markets to 140 countries 2025-10-10 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Polymarket’s rival prediction marketplace Kalshi told Cointelegraph that its platform will be restricted in 38 jurisdictions, including France and the UK. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal 2025-10-10 at 16:50 By Dan Robinson High gas prices and surging AI demand send operators back to the dirtiest fuel in the stack US datacenters are experiencing a significant shift toward coal-powered energy due to elevated natural gas prices and rapidly growing electricity…

Microsoft warns of ‘payroll pirate’ crew looting US university salaries 2025-10-10 at 16:44 By Carly Page Crooks phish campus staff, slip into HR systems, and quietly reroute paychecks Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has sounded the alarm over a new financially-motivated cybercrime spree that is raiding US university payroll systems.… This article is an excerpt from…

How SWIFT’s blockchain could challenge Ripple’s grip on payments 2025-10-10 at 16:18 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Can SWIFT’s blockchain match Ripple’s technological edge? Explore the key challenges it faces and its potential impact on global payments. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

CZ’s Google account targeted by ‘government-backed’ hackers 2025-10-10 at 16:18 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Changpeng Zhao’s warning highlights a resurgence of threats from state-backed hacking groups, such as the North Korean Lazarus Group. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin drop to $118K likely, but futures reset means dip won’t last long 2025-10-10 at 16:18 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin’s drop to $118,000 is a possibility, but traders might see futures’ open interest drop by $4.1 billion as a potential dip-buying opportunity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

50 years in deep space, and Voyager still can’t escape budget gravity 2025-10-10 at 16:18 By Richard Speed Probes face 26% funding cut as NASA grapples with shutdown chaos NASA’s Voyager project could be facing a 26 percent budget cut while the plug is pulled on other programs, according to insiders familiar with the agency’s…

Microsoft 364 trips over its own network settings in North America 2025-10-10 at 15:49 By Richard Speed Outage blamed on misconfigured infrastructure as users report hour-long disruption Microsoft 365 services toppled over in North America last night due to an infrastructure misconfiguration.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

Gold buying boom mirrors Bitcoin’s momentum: Deutsche Bank 2025-10-10 at 15:17 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Gold has hit its highest share of central bank reserves in decades, potentially shaping Bitcoin’s path as a future reserve asset, according to Deutsche Bank. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

South Africans can now pay with crypto at 650K stores via Scan to Pay 2025-10-10 at 15:17 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra A new integration allows South Africans to spend Bitcoin, stablecoins and other crypto directly at more than 650,000 merchants nationwide. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

$11B Bitcoin whale bets on BTC, ETH correction with $900M shorts 2025-10-10 at 15:17 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai In one of their first moves in two months, the Bitcoin whale returned to short Bitcoin and Ether for hundreds of millions of dollars, betting on their short-term price decline. This article is an excerpt from…

UK slaps ‘strategic market status’ on Google, unlocking power to pry open search 2025-10-10 at 15:17 By Carly Page Competition watchdog can now meddle in how the tech giant runs the biggest wing of its organization The UK’s competition watchdog has officially slapped Google with “strategic market status,” a new legal label that gives the…

From Detection to Patch: Fortra Reveals Full Timeline of CVE-2025-10035 Exploitation 2025-10-10 at 15:17 By Fortra on Thursday revealed the results of its investigation into CVE-2025-10035, a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) that’s assessed to have come under active exploitation since at least September 11, 2025. The company said it began…

Former UK prime minster Sunak becomes human Clippy for Microsoft, Anthropic 2025-10-10 at 14:34 By Lindsay Clark Conservative MP told he must not lobby for corporations Rishi Sunak is ready to kick-start his career with a couple of openings in the tech industry, a year after the end of his internship as the prime minister…

The AI SOC Stack of 2026: What Sets Top-Tier Platforms Apart? 2025-10-10 at 14:33 By The SOC of 2026 will no longer be a human-only battlefield. As organizations scale and threats evolve in sophistication and velocity, a new generation of AI-powered agents is reshaping how Security Operations Centers (SOCs) detect, respond, and adapt. But not…

175 Malicious npm Packages with 26,000 Downloads Used in Credential Phishing Campaign 2025-10-10 at 14:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new set of 175 malicious packages on the npm registry that have been used to facilitate credential harvesting attacks as part of an unusual campaign. The packages have been collectively downloaded 26,000 times, acting…

Here’s why investors shouldn’t hold their breath for a lucrative TikTok IPO 2025-10-10 at 14:04 By Charles Gasparino Even company insiders concede that TikTok’s new iteration – spinning off the US portion of its global operations into a new company – is anything but normal. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

Bitcoin mining in 2025, explained: From hashrate to rewards 2025-10-10 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Discover how Bitcoin mining runs in 2025: From halving rewards and ASIC rigs to mining pools, hashprice shifts and power use. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Can Solana outperform Ether if ETFs get approved? 2025-10-10 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak How a US SOL ETF could shift access, flows and usage — plus the key metrics to watch to see whether Solana outperforms Ether. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

HashKey crypto exchange eyes Hong Kong listing this year: Bloomberg 2025-10-10 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski HashKey Group, the operator of Hong Kong’s top licensed crypto exchange, has reportedly filed for an IPO in the city, aiming to raise up to $500 million. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

85,000 Pet and Pet Owner Records Exposed 2025-10-10 at 14:04 By More than 85,000 pet and pet owner records were exposed.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Cops nuke BreachForums (again) amid cybercrime supergroup extortion blitz 2025-10-10 at 13:40 By Carly Page US and French fuzz pull the plug on Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters’ latest leak shop targeting Salesforce US authorities have seized the latest incarnation of BreachForums, the cybercriminal bazaar recently reborn under the stewardship of the so-called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, with…

XRP whales dump $50M per day: Will it crash the price? 2025-10-10 at 13:10 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale XRP price risked a 22% drop to $2.20, fuelled by selling from whales, increased supply on exchanges, and a weakening technical structure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

South Korea ramps up crypto seizures, will target cold wallets 2025-10-10 at 13:10 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra South Korea’s National Tax Service warned that cold wallets are not beyond its reach, as it will conduct home searches to combat tax evasion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

UK techies’ union warns members after breach exposes sensitive personal details 2025-10-10 at 13:10 By Connor Jones Prospect apologizes for cyber gaffe affecting up to 160K members UK trade union Prospect is notifying members of a breach that involved data such as sexual orientation and disabilities.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

From LFI to RCE: Active Exploitation Detected in Gladinet and TrioFox Vulnerability 2025-10-10 at 13:09 By Cybersecurity company Huntress said it has observed active in-the-wild exploitation of an unpatched security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox products. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 6.1), is an unauthenticated local file inclusion bug that allows…

Bitcoin Mayer Multiple: BTC price can hit $180K before being ‘overbought’ 2025-10-10 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin remained closer to “oversold” during its latest all-time highs, according to the Mayer Multiple, which suggested a potential price target of $180,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…