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AI makes phishing 4.5x more effective, Microsoft says 2025-10-17 at 02:09 By Jessica Lyons And potentially 50 times more profitable People receiving an AI phishing email are 4.5 times more likely to click on the malicious link or file, according to Microsoft.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

Tether seeks Juventis footprint with nomination of executive to club’s board 2025-10-17 at 00:00 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The stablecoin issuer confirmed reports that it would nominate members to the football club’s board of directors about eight months after its initial investment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Decomposed dinosaurs make Texas a top destination for AI bit barns 2025-10-17 at 00:00 By Tobias Mann Datacenter hopefuls looking to cash in on AI craze are setting up shop in Lone Star State in search of cheap power Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes the GPU bit barns at the heart of…

Vulnerability scores, huh, what are they good for? Almost nothing 2025-10-17 at 00:00 By Thomas Claburn CVE and CVSS systems suffer from misaligned incentives and inconsistency Aram Hovespyan, co-founder and CEO of security biz Codific, says that the rating systems for identifying security vulnerabilities and assessing threat risk need to be overhauled.… This article is…

Spotify cans Nick Fuentes’ ‘America First’ podcast for breaking hate-speech rules — but has not banned him yet 2025-10-16 at 22:47 By Ariel Zilber “In 2020, we removed this show for repeated violations of our Platform Rules,” a Spotify spokesperson told The Post on Wednesday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff suggests AI-powered ‘robo-cops’ help fight crime in San Francisco 2025-10-16 at 22:47 By Ariel Zilber Benioff, the Salesforce billionaire, recently stunned the city’s political leaders by backing President Trump’s call to send in the National Guard. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original…

Ripple buys corporate treasury management company GTreasury for $1B 2025-10-16 at 22:47 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill GTreasury is Ripple’s third business acquisition in 2025, part of an expansion strategy that includes traditional financial companies and digital asset projects alike. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto execs fork over cash at Trump’s ballroom fundraiser: Report 2025-10-16 at 22:47 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Representatives from Gemini, Ripple and Coinbase were reportedly in attendance at the fundraising dinner at the White House on Wednesday evening. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto invests $50M in Solana liquid staking protocol Jito 2025-10-16 at 22:47 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The investment deepens a16z’s exposure to Solana’s liquid staking ecosystem as US regulators begin clarifying how such products fit into securities law. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters 2025-10-16 at 22:47 By Jessica Lyons If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it If you’re a software developer looking for a job, North Korean scammers have an offer for you that’s off the chain, the blockchain that is. These…

Jeff Bezos predicts ‘millions living in space’ by 2045, robots doing our dirty work 2025-10-16 at 20:25 By Ariel Zilber Forget your morning commute. By 2045, Bezos predicts robots will handle that grind for us. And for many, the office might be off-planet. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York…

Bitcoin fear index hits yearly low, but it’s time to accumulate, not panic: Bitwise 2025-10-16 at 20:25 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin investor sentiment slumps to a yearly low, but Bitwise says fear may signal a prime accumulation phase for BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Feeling lonely? Microsoft Copilot can now listen to your every word, watch your screen 2025-10-16 at 20:25 By Richard Speed We’ve seen this before and it was called Cortana or Clippy As if pulling support for Windows 10 was not punishment enough for long-suffering customers, Microsoft has decided to shove Copilot down everyone’s throats with…

Salesforce’s Benioff warns of AI ‘false prophets’ while promising true profits by 2030 2025-10-16 at 19:53 By Carly Page CRM messiah preaches data discipline while rivals chase LLM miracles Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has warned investors to beware “false prophets” peddling AI salvation, as the CRM giant bets on its “agentic enterprise” vision to drive…

Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack 2025-10-16 at 19:53 By Carly Page Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi? China’s cyberspies quietly broke into a Russian IT service provider in what researchers say is a rare example of Beijing turning its digital gaze on Moscow.… This article is…

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions 2025-10-16 at 19:05 By Ariel Zilber Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor told reporters that he’s been using ChatGPT to refine how he makes choices affecting thousands of troops. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post…

Ethereum confirms bearish signal that last time led to ETH dropping 60% 2025-10-16 at 19:05 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Ethereum lost between 46% and 60% of its value after similar bearish crosses in the past, and the same signal is flashing again this October. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Oracle goes all-in on AI, customers still figuring out how they’ll use it 2025-10-16 at 19:05 By Lindsay Clark It’s all agents and LLMs in Vegas, and even legacy users can partake As Oracle pounds the market with AI announcements across cloud infrastructure, applications, and data analytics, experts have warned that users’ path to adoption…

North Korean Hackers Use EtherHiding to Hide Malware Inside Blockchain Smart Contracts 2025-10-16 at 19:04 By A threat actor with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) has been observed leveraging the EtherHiding technique to distribute malware and enable cryptocurrency theft, marking the first time a state-sponsored hacking group has embraced…

Hackers Abuse Blockchain Smart Contracts to Spread Malware via Infected WordPress Sites 2025-10-16 at 19:04 By A financially motivated threat actor codenamed UNC5142 has been observed abusing blockchain smart contracts as a way to facilitate the distribution of information stealers such as Atomic (AMOS), Lumma, Rhadamanthys (aka RADTHIEF), and Vidar, targeting both Windows and Apple…

LinkPro Linux Rootkit Uses eBPF to Hide and Activates via Magic TCP Packets 2025-10-16 at 19:04 By An investigation into the compromise of an Amazon Web Services (AWS)-hosted infrastructure has led to the discovery of a new GNU/Linux rootkit dubbed LinkPro, according to findings from Synacktiv. “This backdoor features functionalities relying on the installation of…

How Grayscale brought crypto staking to Wall Street for the first time 2025-10-16 at 17:46 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Grayscale’s spot crypto ETFs bring regulated staking yields to mainstream investors, merging crypto rewards with traditional Wall Street exposure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin trader says ‘lock in’ as dip-buyers enter below $110K 2025-10-16 at 17:46 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin retested support levels under $110,000 as data showed smaller investors buying and whales cooling their extended BTC sell-off. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Liam Proven Joins its command-line client from a couple of years ago NordVPN has open sourced another of its Linux VPN client apps under the GPLv3. This time, it’s the graphical user interface (GUI) version.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Locked out of your Gmail account? Google says phone a friend 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Connor Jones Recovery feature lets trusted contacts help you get back in when other methods fail The latest security feature for Gmail enables users to recover their accounts with a little help from their friends.… This article is an excerpt…

US hyperscalers to guzzle 22% more grid juice by end of 2025 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Dan Robinson AI hype fuels bit barn boom – and utilities are sweating the surge Hyperscale datacenters stateside will consume 22 percent more grid power by the end of 2025 than a year ago, and are forecast to need…

Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – ‘our highest ever’ score 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Tim Anderson Flaw in Kestrel web server allowed request smuggling, impact depends on hosting setup and application code Microsoft has patched an ASP.NET Core vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9, which security program manager Barry Dorrans said was “our…

Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Owen Hughes Microsoft’s quality control department caught napping again Microsoft’s October Windows 11 update has managed the impressive feat of breaking localhost, leaving developers unable to access web applications running on their own machines.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Architectures, Risks, and Adoption: How to Assess and Choose the Right AI-SOC Platform 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Scaling the SOC with AI – Why now?  Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are under unprecedented pressure. According to SACR’s AI-SOC Market Landscape 2025, the average organization now faces around 960 alerts per day, while large enterprises manage more…

Hackers Deploy Linux Rootkits via Cisco SNMP Flaw in “Zero Disco’ Attacks 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that exploited a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software to deploy Linux rootkits on older, unprotected systems. The activity, codenamed Operation Zero Disco by…

Standard Chartered to custody crypto for OKX institutional clients in Europe 2025-10-16 at 15:18 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz October’s crypto crash has reignited the “Wild West” narrative, but OKX and Standard Chartered are here to prove it’s not the case, OKX Europe’s Erald Ghoos said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack 2025-10-16 at 15:18 By Connor Jones Alert says financial account information lifted from systems Auction house Sotheby’s says it was breached on July 24, and those behind the intrusion stole an unspecified amount of data, including Social Security numbers and financial account information.… This…

Tech industry grad hiring crashes 46% as bots do junior work 2025-10-16 at 15:18 By Lindsay Clark GenAI meets Gen Z – only one gets the job ai-pocalypse  The UK tech sector is cutting graduate jobs dramatically – down 46 percent in the past year, with another 53 percent drop projected, according to figures from…

Beware the Hidden Costs of Pen Testing 2025-10-16 at 15:17 By Penetration testing helps organizations ensure IT systems are secure, but it should never be treated in a one-size-fits-all approach. Traditional approaches can be rigid and cost your organization time and money – while producing inferior results.  The benefits of pen testing are clear. By…

Memecoins rewind to July levels as markets struggle to recover 2025-10-16 at 14:17 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The memecoin market lost almost 40% in a day before slightly rebounding, as top tokens like DOGE and SHIB remained deep in the red. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Bitcoin retail interest in ‘bear market’ as crypto sentiment flips to fear 2025-10-16 at 14:17 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Despite recent all-time highs and volatility, search interest for “Bitcoin” on Google remained low as the crypto sentiment index returned to “fear.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Trump’s second term fuels a $1B crypto fortune for his family: Report 2025-10-16 at 14:17 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The Trump family’s crypto ventures have generated over $1 billion in profit, led by World Liberty Financial and memecoins including TRUMP and MELANIA. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Firefox 144 brings fixes, features, and farewells for 32-bit Linux die-hards 2025-10-16 at 14:17 By Liam Proven Mozilla hardens its browser and toys with AI search while closing the door on legacy systems New versions of both Mozilla’s browser and its subsidiary MZLA’s messaging client are here – with some bad news for users of…

SEC chair: US is 10 years behind on crypto, fixing this is ‘job one’ 2025-10-16 at 12:59 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the US is “10 years behind” on crypto and that building a regulatory framework to attract innovation is “job one” for the agency. This article is an excerpt…

Kraken doubles down on US futures with $100M ‘Small’ acquisition 2025-10-16 at 12:59 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz After acquiring NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, Kraken expands its derivatives offerings in the US with a $100 million acquisition of Small Exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline: