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US SEC crypto task force to tackle financial surveillance and privacy 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The task force has already conducted roundtables to address issues related to digital asset regulation while proposing changes to the commission’s rules. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Largest NPM attack in crypto history stole less than $50: SEAL 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Hackers broke into the node package manager (NPM) account of a well-known software developer and added malware to popular JavaScript libraries, targeting crypto wallets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Ethereum L2 MegaETH introduces yield-bearing stablecoin to fund protocol 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The USDm stablecoin, built with Ethena and backed by tokenized treasuries, will use its yield to subsidize Ethereum sequencer fees. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Chip designer SiFive aims to cram more RISC-V cores into AI chips 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Tobias Mann Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia? Every quarter, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is asked about the growing number of custom ASICs encroaching on…

Linus has had enough of links that point to ‘stupid useless garbage’ 2025-09-09 at 01:17 By Iain Thomson ‘Stop this garbage already!’ The latest release candidate for Linux is out, but before its release, Linus Torvalds had something he wanted to get off his chest in his usual style.… This article is an excerpt from…

SwissBorg hacked for $41M SOL after third-party API compromise 2025-09-09 at 01:10 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Hackers drained 193,000 SOL from SwissBorg’s Solana Earn program after a Kiln API was compromised, affecting 1% of users and 2% of assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

HashKey launches $500M digital asset treasury fund in Hong Kong 2025-09-09 at 01:10 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The launch follows Nasdaq’s call for tighter scrutiny of corporate crypto holdings, which HashKey framed as a test for the industry. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

OpenSea announces NFT reserve with CryptoPunk as first buy 2025-09-09 at 00:44 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The NFT sector has yet to recapture the enthusiasm of 2021-2022, forcing many NFT-centric companies like OpenSea to pivot to more in-demand crypto use cases. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Bitcoin climbs above $112K, but derivatives data show traders remain cautious 2025-09-09 at 00:44 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin derivatives markets showed persistent caution, with sentiment influenced by BTC spot ETF outflows and Strategy not being included in the S&P 500 index. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

The US government has no idea how many cybersecurity pros it employs 2025-09-09 at 00:44 By Brandon Vigliarolo Auditors find federal cybersecurity workforce data messy, incomplete, and unreliable The US federal government employs tens of thousands of cybersecurity professionals at a cost of billions per year – or at least it thinks it does, as…

Kazakhstan’s president calls for national crypto reserve, digital asset law by 2026 2025-09-08 at 23:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The president announced his “CryptoCity” plans would be developed in Alatau, while the government would move forward to create a strategic crypto reserve with “promising assets.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

How huge breach started: Drift attackers gained entry via a Salesloft GitHub account 2025-09-08 at 23:06 By Jessica Lyons Meanwhile the victim count grows The Salesloft Drift breach that compromised “hundreds” of companies including Google, Palo Alto Networks, and Cloudflare, all started with miscreants gaining access to the Salesloft GitHub account in March.… This article…

Crypto users urged to take extreme care as NPM attack hits core JavaScript libraries 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The breach hit core JavaScript libraries such as chalk and strip-ansi, downloaded billions of times each week, raising alarms over the security of open-source software. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Price predictions 9/8: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Buyers are trying to sustain Bitcoin above $112,500, but the upside may remain capped until the whales reduce their selling and treasury companies increase their demand. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Dev snared in crypto phishing net, 18 npm packages compromised 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Thomas Claburn Popular npm packages debug, chalk, and others hijacked in massive supply chain attack Crims have added backdoors to at least 18 npm packages after developer Josh Junon inadvertently authorized a reset of the two-factor authentication protecting his npm account.……

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta stifled research on sickos using VR to target kids, whistleblowers claim 2025-09-08 at 21:35 By Thomas Barrabi Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta stifled internal research into the alarming safety risks of its “Horizon Worlds” virtual reality app – including a specific claim that sickos had “sexually propositioned” a kid younger than 10. This article…

AI chip startup d-Matrix aspires to rack scale with JetStream I/O cards 2025-09-08 at 21:35 By Tobias Mann Who needs HBM when you can juggle SRAM speed and LPDDR bulk across racks AI chip startup d-Matrix is pushing into rack scale with the introduction of its JetStream I/O cards, which are designed to allow larger…

Ex-Celsius CEO set to start 12-year prison sentence this week 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Alex Mashinsky pleaded guilty to two felony counts in December, admitting in court to making false statements about the platform’s Earn Program. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Why your money buys less every year 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli From Bretton Woods to Bitcoin, a new Cointelegraph video unpacks why currencies lose value — and what it means for your savings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Salt Typhoon used dozens of domains, going back five years. Did you visit one? 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Jessica Lyons Plus ties to the Chinese spies who hacked Barracuda email gateways Security researchers have uncovered dozens of domains used by Chinese espionage crew Salt Typhoon to gain stealthy, long-term access to victim organizations going back…

Tesla market share in US drops to lowest since 2017 as Elon Musk pivots to robotaxis 2025-09-08 at 20:41 By Reuters While other automakers are rolling out new EVs, Tesla has turned its focus to building robotaxis and humanoid robots, delaying and canceling plans for cheaper electric vehicle models. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Crypto ETFs log outflows as Ether funds shed $912M: Report 2025-09-08 at 20:27 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Despite signs of cooling demand, crypto inflows in 2025 are outpacing last year’s, indicating that “sentiment is intact,” according to CoinShares. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft hits pause on Copilot … in SQL Server Management Studio 2025-09-08 at 19:47 By Richard Speed Only a temporary reprieve until GitHub Copilot integration is up and running Microsoft’s policy of inserting Copilot into every corner of its portfolio is on brief hiatus, at least in the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio…

GitHub Account Compromise Led to Salesloft Drift Breach Affecting 22 Companies 2025-09-08 at 19:47 By Salesloft has revealed that the data breach linked to its Drift application started with the compromise of its GitHub account. Google-owned Mandiant, which began an investigation into the incident, said the threat actor, tracked as UNC6395, accessed the Salesloft GitHub…

Why is Ethereum price failing to break $4.5K? 2025-09-08 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale The absence of new buyers, weak spot Ethereum inflows and declining network activity have put ETH price at risk of dropping to $3,500. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Perplexity wants to get discounted AI products into the US government too 2025-09-08 at 19:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo $0.25-per-agency deal not finalized, and no FedRAMP approval either – so don’t get excited Perplexity has entered the race to inject AI into the federal government with a new public sector version of its AI search engine,…

Why It’s Time to Shift to Preemptive Exposure Management 2025-09-08 at 19:03 By Security teams must move beyond proactive approaches built on periodic assessments, patch cycles and vulnerability scans — and adopt a preemptive stance that shuts down threats before exploitation occurs. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View…

GPUGate Malware Uses Google Ads and Fake GitHub Commits to Target IT Firms 2025-09-08 at 18:15 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new sophisticated malware campaign that leverages paid ads on search engines like Google to deliver malware to unsuspecting users looking for popular tools like GitHub Desktop. While malvertising campaigns have become commonplace in…

Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off 2025-09-08 at 18:06 By Richard Speed Package queues jammed until Monday despite brief downtime When is an outage not an outage? According to Canonical’s forum, it’s when a 36-minute server disruption creates a multi-day backlog that leaves users unable to install or update Ubuntu systems.……

French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF 2025-09-08 at 17:16 By Dan Robinson Data4 to secure 40 MW of atomic juice as part of long-term low-carbon strategy The datacenter industry’s unquenchable thirst for nuclear energy has seen French bit barn operator Data4 sign a 12 year supply deal with EDF.… This article is…

MoonPay and others rival Stripe in race to issue Hyperliquid USDH stablecoin 2025-09-08 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski MoonPay, Agora, Paxos, Frax and others are challenging Stripe’s Bridge proposal to issue Hyperliquid’s USDH stablecoin, pushing for community rewards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Back to school: Teachers adopt new methods to tackle AI 2025-09-08 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Professors and teachers are meeting the challenge of AI in the classroom by changing their methods. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

CoinShares to go public in the US through $1.2B SPAC merger 2025-09-08 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The deal with Vine Hill Capital, which values CoinShares at $1.2 billion, will allow the company to be listed on the US Nasdaq Stock Market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

PACER buckles under MFA rollout as courts warn of support delays 2025-09-08 at 16:21 By Connor Jones Busy lawyers on hold for five hours as staff handhold users into deploying the security measure US courts have warned of delays as PACER, the system for accessing court documents, struggles to support users enrolling in its mandatory…

Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not 2025-09-08 at 15:34 By Paul Kunert Legal, HR, Finance and Accounting moving to IBM from 2026. Engineering and others staying put… for now IBM-owned subsidiary Red Hat is docking a bunch of its back-office staff, along with the techies that…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys $217M in Bitcoin as price holds strong 2025-09-08 at 15:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Strategy’s latest 1,955 Bitcoin acquisition brought its total BTC holdings to 638,460 BTC, purchased at an average price of $73,880 per coin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Can XRP keep outperforming Bitcoin this bull cycle? 2025-09-08 at 15:06 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP price has painted a classic bullish reversal pattern against Bitcoin, eyeing gains of over 100% in the coming months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Account Profile Scam Targets PayPal Users 2025-09-08 at 15:06 By Researchers have discovered a sophisticated, convincing phishing campaign targeting PayPal users.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle 2025-09-08 at 14:33 By Lindsay Clark Fallout from latest political drama sparks a changing of the guard UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer cleared out the officials in charge of tech and digital law in a dramatic cabinet reshuffle at the weekend.… This article is an…

Bitcoin long-term holders offload 241,000 BTC: Is sub-$100K BTC next? 2025-09-08 at 14:07 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Selling by Bitcoin long-term holders, reduced buying by Treasury Companies and a weakening technical structure could push BTC’s price toward $95K. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

HSBC, ICBC eye Hong Kong stablecoin licenses under new regime: Report 2025-09-08 at 14:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski HSBC and ICBC reportedly plan to apply for Hong Kong stablecoin licenses, with ICBC and Standard Chartered expected to secure first-round approvals. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban 2025-09-08 at 14:07 By Richard Speed ValueLicensing’s David spins the sling for another go at the Windows Goliath Microsoft’s tussle with UK-based reseller ValueLicensing over the sale of secondhand licenses returns to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal this week, with the Windows behemoth…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Drift Breach Chaos, Zero-Days Active, Patch Warnings, Smarter Threats & More 2025-09-08 at 14:06 By Cybersecurity never slows down. Every week brings new threats, new vulnerabilities, and new lessons for defenders. For security and IT teams, the challenge is not just keeping up with the news—it’s knowing which risks matter most right…