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Windows Server 2025 locking up after February patch, no word of when a fix will land 2025-03-28 at 13:47 By Iain Thomson Similar issue in Windows 11 resolved as of Wednesday Microsoft is warning that a faulty patch pushed out in February is causing Windows Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions to freeze under certain circumstances.… […]

Lazarus Group’s 2024 pause was repositioning for $1.4B Bybit hack 2025-03-28 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai North Korea-affiliated hackers may have scaled back their operations in the second half of 2024 while preparing for what became the largest crypto hack in history. The crypto industry was rocked by the enormous hack on Feb. […]

NFT sales plunge 63% in Q1, but Pudgy Penguins, Doodles buck trend 2025-03-28 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) dropped sharply in the first quarter of 2025, plunging 63% year-over-year. Still, a few standout collections defied the downturn and posted gains. NFTs recorded $1.5 billion in total sales from […]

Product Walkthrough: How Datto BCDR Delivers Unstoppable Business Continuity 2025-03-28 at 12:57 By Long gone are the days when a simple backup in a data center was enough to keep a business secure. While backups store information, they do not guarantee business continuity during a crisis. With IT disasters far too common and downtime burning […]

UK govt data people not ‘technical,’ says ex-Downing St data science head 2025-03-28 at 12:33 By Lindsay Clark Despite pockets of excellence, many wouldn’t make the grade in business, AI advisor implies A former director of data science at the UK prime minister’s office has told MPs that people working with data in government are […]

Nuclear center must replace roof on 70-year-old lab so it can process radioactive waste 2025-03-28 at 11:36 By Lindsay Clark Project sees 7-year delay and budget swell to £1.5B, but nuclear leadership ‘confident’ it has an alternative The center of the UK’s nuclear industry has agreed on alternatives for how it will process waste into […]

‘Bitcoin Macro Index’ bear signal puts $110K BTC price return in doubt 2025-03-28 at 11:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) risks falling into a fresh bear market as a large collection of BTC price metrics has produced a “bearish divergence.” In a social media discussion on March 27, Bitcoin commentators flagged troubling signals […]

PJobRAT Malware Campaign Targeted Taiwanese Users via Fake Chat Apps 2025-03-28 at 10:46 By An Android malware family previously observed targeting Indian military personnel has been linked to a new campaign likely aimed at users in Taiwan under the guise of chat apps. “PJobRAT can steal SMS messages, phone contacts, device and app information, documents, […]

VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores 2025-03-28 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Claims Broadcom will levy 20 percent penalty for customers who don’t pay before renewal deadlines The French limb of global tech distributor Arrow has emailed VMware partners it serves with news of big price […]

After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug 2025-03-28 at 08:45 By Iain Thomson Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability, seemingly used by […]

Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability 2025-03-28 at 08:45 By Mozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came under active exploitation as a zero-day. The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, has been […]

Nine-Year-Old npm Packages Hijacked to Exfiltrate API Keys via Obfuscated Scripts 2025-03-28 at 08:45 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered several cryptocurrency packages on the npm registry that have been hijacked to siphon sensitive information such as environment variables from compromised systems. “Some of these packages have lived on npmjs.com for over 9 years, and provide […]