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Ripple acquires crypto-friendly prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25B 2025-04-08 at 16:29 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Blockchain-based payments network Ripple announced it has acquired crypto-friendly prime broker Hidden Road in one of the largest mergers in the cryptocurrency industry to date. Ripple is acquiring Hidden Road in a $1.25 billion deal, the company officially […]

Trump administration reportedly shutters DOJ’s crypto enforcement team 2025-04-08 at 16:29 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly disbanding the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). NCET’s disbandment was noted in a four-page memo by United States Deputy General Todd Blanche, according to a Fortune journalist who claims to […]

Scattered Spider stops the Rickrolls, starts the RAT race 2025-04-08 at 16:29 By Jessica Lyons Despite arrests, eight-legged menace targeted more victims this year Despite several arrests last year, Scattered Spider’s social engineering attacks are continuing into 2025 as the cybercrime collective targets high-profile organizations and adds another phishing kit to its arsenal along with […]

Troy Rydman hired as CIO and CISO at Packsize 2025-04-08 at 15:32 By Troy Rydman has been hired as the chief information officer (CIO) and chief information security officer (CISO) at Packsize.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

MEV bot loses $180K in ETH from access control exploit 2025-04-08 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra A maximal extractable value (MEV) bot lost about $180,000 in Ether after an attacker exploited a vulnerability in its access control systems.  On April 8, blockchain security firm SlowMist reported that the MEV bot lost 116.7 Ether […]

Trump tariff negotiations are ‘all about’ China deal — Raoul Pal 2025-04-08 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Global trade tensions triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff measures may come to an end with a potential deal with China as investors remain concerned about escalation from both sides. Trump’s April 2 announcement […]

UALink debuts its first AI interconnect spec – usable in just 18 short months 2025-04-08 at 15:03 By Simon Sharwood No-Nvidia networking club is banking on you running different GPUs on one network The Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium has delivered its first GPU interconnect specification: UALink 200G 1.0.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Procter & Gamble study finds AI could help make Pringles tastier, spice up Old Spice, sharpen Gillette 2025-04-08 at 15:03 By Thomas Claburn Go on, then, knock yourself out, pal Procter & Gamble says organizations should rethink how they’re run to take better advantage of innovation enabled by generative AI.… This article is an excerpt […]

Agentic AI in the SOC – Dawn of Autonomous Alert Triage 2025-04-08 at 14:19 By Security Operations Centers (SOCs) today face unprecedented alert volumes and increasingly sophisticated threats. Triaging and investigating these alerts are costly, cumbersome, and increases analyst fatigue, burnout, and attrition. While artificial intelligence has emerged as a go-to solution, the term “AI” […]

UAC-0226 Deploys GIFTEDCROOK Stealer via Malicious Excel Files Targeting Ukraine 2025-04-08 at 14:19 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed a new set of cyber attacks targeting Ukrainian institutions with information-stealing malware. The activity is aimed at military formations, law enforcement agencies, and local self-government bodies, particularly those located near Ukraine’s […]