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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…

Cloudy weather delays SpaceX Starship’s latest launch to overcome testing troubles 2025-08-26 at 08:17 By Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket due to cloudy weather in Texas on Monday, another slight delay in its efforts to overcome development setbacks and achieve several long-sought milestones essential to the Mars rocket…

Trump threatens extra tariffs, tech export bans, for any nation that dares to regulate Big Tech 2025-08-26 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Poor defenseless tech companies need help despite massive profits, low tax bills, and monopoly positions +COMMENT  US president Donald Trump has threatened to impose extra tariffs on imports from any nation that dares…

Altseason won’t start until more crypto ETFs launch: Bitfinex 2025-08-26 at 07:18 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons While most look at historical patterns and Bitcoin dominance, Bitfinex analysts say that the start of an altcoin season may hinge on the launch of crypto ETFs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

ETF issuers must be picky as most crypto is ‘pretty sketchy’ — REX CEO 2025-08-26 at 07:18 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan REX Financial CEO Greg King says the crypto market gets dicey “below the top 10” and ETF issuers should carefully choose what tokens to turn into funds. This article is an excerpt from…

Altcoins make Bitcoin better by acting as beta testers: Tim Draper 2025-08-26 at 07:18 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Altcoins allow developers to test new functions and applications, which eventually make it onto Bitcoin, says American venture capital investor Tim Draper. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Crypto liquidations hit $900M as Bitcoin sheds Jackson Hole gains 2025-08-26 at 06:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin plunged to seven-week lows below $109,000 briefly, erasing all gains since the Fed Chair’s Jackson Hole speech on Friday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Semiconductor company Sequans is raising $200M to buy Bitcoin 2025-08-26 at 05:07 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea French chipmaker Sequans has said it is looking to accumulate 100,000 Bitcoin within five years in an aggressive treasury strategy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

VMware finally porting Cloud Foundation to Arm – in baby steps 2025-08-26 at 03:52 By Simon Sharwood Because AI, like everything else this year EXCLUSIVE  VMware will port its flagship hypervisor and Cloud Foundation suite to the Arm processor architecture.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Tesla rejected $60M settlement before losing $243M in deadly Autopilot crash case 2025-08-26 at 03:14 By Reuters The trial focused on an April 2019 crash involving a 2019 Model S featuring Autopilot driver-assistance software. Tesla has said it will appeal. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

Nvidia touts Jetson Thor kit for real-time robot reasoning 2025-08-26 at 02:10 By Thomas Claburn GPU modules for AI and robotics take aim at latency Nvidia has released a new brain for humanoid robots called Jetson Thor that promises more compute power and more memory than its predecessor.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Trump made Intel an offer it couldn’t refuse 2025-08-26 at 01:34 By Tobias Mann 10 percent equity and maybe that $8.9 billion in CHIPS funds you’re waiting on doesn’t get lost in red tape Comment  We know US President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of the US Chips Act. But, turn a government handout into…

VMware before Broadcom was ‘A unicorn in fluffy cloudland’ 2025-08-26 at 01:16 By Simon Sharwood The CEO of VMware’s most ardent partner – Yves Sandfort of comdivision – on what’s gone well, and where Broadcom needs to do better In the 20 months since Broadcom took over VMware, Yves Sandfort has become the most ardent…

Bitcoin futures demand rises even as BTC sells off: What gives? 2025-08-26 at 00:00 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin’s recovery hinges on the resumption of the spot ETF inflows and investors’ ability to compartmentalize the whale selling and focus on fundamentals. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Sharps Technology stock soars on $400M Solana treasury plan 2025-08-26 at 00:00 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Sharps Technology announced a $400 million raise to launch a Solana treasury, sending its shares soaring Monday as more health sector firms pivot into digital assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Global regulators, exchanges push back on tokenized stocks in SEC letter 2025-08-25 at 23:35 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi ESMA, IOSCO and the World Federation of Exchanges urge the SEC to tighten oversight of tokenized equities, warning of investor risks as Wall Street giants eye the growing market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Binance’s CZ family office backs another BNB treasury launch in the US 2025-08-25 at 23:35 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino B Strategy plans to follow the playbook of 10X Capital, which recently secured funding for a BNB treasury supported by YZi Labs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Linux Foundation says yes to NoSQL via DocumentDB 2025-08-25 at 23:35 By Thomas Claburn PostgreSQL implementation of document-oriented NoSQL datastore adopted under permissive MIT license The Linux Foundation on Monday welcomed Microsoft’s DocumentDB into its stable of open source projects, waving the document database’s permissive MIT license as if it were an “Open for Business”…

Price predictions 8/25: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK 2025-08-25 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin opened the week with a sell-off to $110,530, but BTC and altcoin charts suggest a quick recovery to the trading range averages could occur. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

UNC6384 Deploys PlugX via Captive Portal Hijacks and Valid Certificates Targeting Diplomats 2025-08-25 at 22:06 By A China-nexus threat actor known as UNC6384 has been attributed to a set of attacks targeting diplomats in Southeast Asia and other entities across the globe to advance Beijing’s strategic interests. “This multi-stage attack chain leverages advanced social engineering…

Docker Fixes CVE-2025-9074, Critical Container Escape Vulnerability With CVSS Score 9.3 2025-08-25 at 22:06 By Docker has released fixes to address a critical security flaw affecting the Docker Desktop app for Windows and macOS that could potentially allow an attacker to break out of the confines of a container. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-9074, carries…

Kalshi taps influencer to head crypto arm 2025-08-25 at 21:31 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The self-described university dropout came to the attention of Kalshi’s executives due to his social media activity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin holders ‘distribute’ as $105K becomes BTC’s last stronghold 2025-08-25 at 21:31 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin’s Jackson Hole gains evaporated after an assortment of BTC holder cohorts began to distribute. Is $105,000 the next stop? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

After $400M splurge, ETH treasurer eyes stock buyback amid leverage concerns 2025-08-25 at 21:31 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi ETHZilla’s $250 million buyback highlights how companies are tapping crypto gains for liquidity — but analysts warn that leverage risks could turn treasuries into ticking time bombs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

xAI fires legal rocket at Apple and OpenAI claiming they’re locking out Grok 2025-08-25 at 21:31 By Iain Thomson Lawsuit ‘consistent with Mr Musk’s ongoing pattern of harassment’ says Altman’s crew Elon Musk’s xAI and X businesses have shown a bad case of the Mondays by launching an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI that…

Phishing Campaign Uses UpCrypter in Fake Voicemail Emails to Deliver RAT Payloads 2025-08-25 at 21:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new phishing campaign that’s using fake voicemails and purchase orders to deliver a malware loader called UpCrypter. The campaign leverages “carefully crafted emails to deliver malicious URLs linked to convincing phishing pages,” Fortinet FortiGuard…