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Sting nails two front firms in Nork IT worker scam 2025-08-27 at 23:32 By Iain Thomson There’s also a rogue Russian on the list The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against two Asian companies and two individuals for allegedly helping North Korean IT workers fake their way into US jobs.… This article is an…

Biotech CEO ‘shocked’ by Uber’s response after being left ‘for dead’ in assault by illegal Russian driver 2025-08-27 at 23:27 By Fox News Victim claims rideshare giant deactivated his account after he reported the attack. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React…

US regulator integrates Nasdaq surveillance tool to combat market manipulation 2025-08-27 at 23:07 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The software targets market abuse such as insider trading and manipulation across equity and crypto markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise 2025-08-27 at 23:07 By Thomas Claburn AI lowers the bar for cybercrime, Anthropic admits comment  Anthropic, a maker of AI tools, says that AI tools are now commonly used to commit cybercrime and facilitate remote worker fraud.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Windows Backup for Organizations doesn’t actually save data files 2025-08-27 at 22:49 By Richard Speed Not a disaster recovery option, but good enough for a migration Microsoft continues to take what’s familiar to ordinary users and offer it to enterprises. The latest functionality is Windows Backup for Organizations.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks 2025-08-27 at 22:48 By The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments. “Unlike traditional on-premises ransomware, where the threat actor typically deploys malware to encrypt…

Will $5K ETH follow Friday’s $5 billion Ether options expiry? 2025-08-27 at 22:05 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman $5 billion in ETH options expire on Friday, possibly opening the door for bulls to push through the $5,000 barrier. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev 2025-08-27 at 22:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo Fast-glob is widely used in government, security lab says A Node.js utility used by thousands of public projects – and more than 30 Department of Defense ones – appears to have a sole maintainer whose online…

Word to autosave new docs to the cloud before you can even hit Ctrl+S 2025-08-27 at 21:33 By Richard Speed Feature rolls out to Microsoft 365 Insiders, stashing unnamed files in OneDrive by default Ever get that sinking feeling when Word crashes before you’ve made your first save? An application update is set to save…

Microsoft has cops arrest 7 anti-Israel protesters who stormed, occupied president’s office 2025-08-27 at 21:05 By Ariel Zilber The action was the latest in a series of confrontations led by “No Azure for Apartheid,” which is urging Microsoft to sever contracts with Israel. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings overtake Coinbase, Binance; ETH may be next 2025-08-27 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly BlackRock is emerging as the top custodian for Bitcoin and Ether as its ETFs continue to reshape market dynamics in 2025. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Ledn, Sygnum refinance $50M Bitcoin loan amid investor scramble for yield 2025-08-27 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The twice-oversubscribed facility underscores rising institutional demand for Bitcoin-backed credit and inflation-resistant yield products. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bun JS toolkit adds MySQL driver, secrets API, YAML, and more 2025-08-27 at 21:05 By Tim Anderson Feature bloat, or added value for this JavaScript toolkit? The Bun team has released version 1.2.21 of its JavaScript bundler and runtime, written in Zig, adding features including built-in drivers for MySQL and SQLite, a YAML parser, and…

Nx NPM packages poisoned in AI-assisted supply chain attack 2025-08-27 at 20:48 By Connor Jones Stolen dev credentials posted to GitHub as attackers abuse CLI tools for recon Nx is the latest target of a software supply chain attack in the NPM ecosystem, with multiple malicious versions being uploaded to the NPM registry on Tuesday…

Move over mixtapes, Spotify users can now slide into each other’s DMs to share songs — but not everyone is happy 2025-08-27 at 20:18 By Brooke Steinberg Spotify is giving listeners a new way to slide into someone’s DMs. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

Uncle Sam throws AI ‘chili cook-off’ to spice up healthcare fraud detection 2025-08-27 at 20:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo No stew on the stove, but plenty of heat as devs compete to flag suspect Medicare data Seeking to rein in healthcare fraud, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking explainable AI models…

Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model 2025-08-27 at 20:18 By Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-time. The…

The intruder is in the house: Storm-0501 attacked Azure, stole data, demanded payment via Teams 2025-08-27 at 20:03 By Jessica Lyons Don’t let it happen to you Storm-0501, a financially motivated cybercrime crew, recently broke into a large enterprise’s on-premises and cloud environments, ultimately exfiltrating and destroying data within the org’s Azure environment. The criminals…

Hackers Observed Patching Leveraged Linux Exploit 2025-08-27 at 19:24 By An Apache ActiveMQ flaw is being actively exploited. Then, it’s being patched by the actors who leveraged it.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

The Red Flags of Potential Workplace Violence 2025-08-27 at 19:24 By Alan Saquella, Assistant Professor at the College of Business, Security and Intelligence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, discusses the red flags that precede a workplace violence incident. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this…

Bitcoin trader sees $117K coming as BTC price reclaims key trend line 2025-08-27 at 19:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin market commentators are split over whether the BTC price rebound has legs — does Bitcoin have time to bring back the bull market? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Taiwan indicts three over alleged theft of TSMC trade secrets 2025-08-27 at 19:01 By David Meyer Chipmaker keen to protect assets as race for 2nm process heats up Taiwanese prosecutors have charged three people over the alleged theft of TSMC’s trade secrets.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors 2025-08-27 at 18:45 By Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025. “The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in…

Classic Psion fan releases proof-of-concept language server for OPL 2025-08-27 at 18:34 By Gareth Halfacree Vintage computing boffinry to please palmtop enthusiasts Vintage computing enthusiast Colin Hoad has released a gift to anyone who fondly remembers Psion’s classic EPOC-based palmtops and their Open Programming Language (OPL): a language server which brings modern quality-of-life features to…

Microsoft can’t guarantee data sovereignty – OVHcloud says ‘We told you so’ 2025-08-27 at 17:47 By Richard Speed French provider seizes on Redmond’s admission that US law could override local protections Interview  European cloud provider OVHcloud has long warned about the risks of relying on foreign tech giants for critical infrastructure – especially when it…

Swarm Network raises $13M to facilitate decentralized AI 2025-08-27 at 17:32 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Decentralized AI project Swarm Network has raised $13 million, including $10 million through NFT-based agent licenses and $3 million from strategic investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Play Solana to ship handheld gaming device in October 2025-08-27 at 17:32 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra On Oct. 6, Play Solana will ship its first handheld gaming console called the PSG1, which features a built-in hardware crypto wallet. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

USDT0 and XAUt0 stablecoins launch on Polygon network 2025-08-27 at 17:32 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz USDT0 expands to 12 networks with Polygon integration, while XAUT0 grows following its TON debut and HyperEVM integration. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

GhostBSD 25.02 adds ‘Gershwin’ desktop for a Mac-like twist 2025-08-27 at 17:32 By Liam Proven Hybrid of GNUstep and Xfce channels classic NeXT vibes The latest release of GhostBSD, an easy graphical FreeBSD distribution, includes a brand new macOS-like desktop environment, “Gershwin.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

Salesforce data missing? It might be due to Salesloft breach, Google says 2025-08-27 at 17:32 By Connor Jones Attackers steal OAuth tokens to access third-party sales platform, then CRM data in ‘widespread campaign’ Google says a recent spate of Salesforce-related breaches was caused by attackers stealing OAuth tokens from the third-party Salesloft Drift app.… This…

ShadowSilk Hits 36 Government Targets in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots 2025-08-27 at 16:56 By A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific (APAC). According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions…

What a difference 2 years makes: MariaDB buys back SkySQL 2025-08-27 at 15:49 By David Meyer Because the DBaaS has lately become AI-tastic, among other things It’s less than two years since MariaDB spun out SkySQL, but it’s already unspinning the database-as-a-service outfit, which has since been marinated in AI sauce.… This article is an…

Crypto whales buy $456M Ether in ‘natural rotation’ from Bitcoin 2025-08-27 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Analysts are predicting a “natural rotation” from Bitcoin to Ether and other altcoins with more upside potential. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

The 5 Golden Rules of Safe AI Adoption 2025-08-27 at 15:08 By Employees are experimenting with AI at record speed. They are drafting emails, analyzing data, and transforming the workplace. The problem is not the pace of AI adoption, but the lack of control and safeguards in place. For CISOs and security leaders like you,…

EchoStar sells off its spectrum for more than its total market cap 2025-08-27 at 14:51 By Iain Thomson $23B deal with AT&T shows where the money is US telco EchoStar, valued around $14.5 billion on Wednesday morning, has sold its American spectrum allocation to AT&T for $23 billion.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Dogecoin whales de-risk as DOGE price is in danger of dropping 45% 2025-08-27 at 14:30 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale DOGE whales are selling amid declining open interest and network activity, suggesting that Dogecoin’s price may continue to fall to as low as $0.12. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Metaplanet board approves plan to raise $1.2B, earmarks $835M for BTC buys 2025-08-27 at 14:30 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Metaplanet will issue up to 555 million new shares, with most of the $1.2 billion raised directed toward Bitcoin purchases and income strategies. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…