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RedCurl Shifts from Espionage to Ransomware with First-Ever QWCrypt Deployment 2025-03-26 at 16:01 By The Russian-speaking hacking group called RedCurl has been linked to a ransomware campaign for the first time, marking a departure in the threat actor’s tradecraft. The activity, observed by Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender, involves the deployment of a never-before-seen ransomware strain […]

EncryptHub Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Deploy Rhadamanthys and StealC Malware 2025-03-26 at 16:01 By The threat actor known as EncryptHub exploited a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day to deliver a wide range of malware families, including backdoors and information stealers such as Rhadamanthys and StealC. “In this attack, the threat actor […]

50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building 2025-03-26 at 15:17 By Richard Speed Half a century later, there’s a Moon rocket behind those same doors It is 50 years since the very last Saturn rocket rolled out from NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to launchpad 39B at the […]

23andMe declares bankruptcy, security leaders discuss data concerns 2025-03-26 at 15:15 By Security leaders share their insights on the possible data risks of 23andMe declaring bankruptcy. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Sparring in the Cyber Ring: Using Automated Pentesting to Build Resilience 2025-03-26 at 14:49 By “A boxer derives the greatest advantage from his sparring partner…” — Epictetus, 50–135 AD Hands up. Chin tucked. Knees bent. The bell rings, and both boxers meet in the center and circle. Red throws out three jabs, feints a fourth, […]

Malicious npm Package Modifies Local ‘ethers’ Library to Launch Reverse Shell Attacks 2025-03-26 at 14:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages on the npm registry that are designed to infect another locally installed package, underscoring the continued evolution of software supply chain attacks targeting the open-source ecosystem. The packages in question are ethers-provider2 […]

Polymarket faces scrutiny over $7M Ukraine mineral deal bet 2025-03-26 at 14:11 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market, is under fire after a controversial outcome raised concerns over potential governance manipulation in a high-stakes political bet. A betting market on the platform asked whether US President Donald Trump would […]

Solana’s ‘early stage bull market’ hints at 65% SOL price gains by April 2025-03-26 at 14:11 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Solana (SOL) price looks ready to rise in April based on a classic bullish reversal indicator and signs of renewed appetite for memecoins. Technicals show 65% SOL price rally in play As of March […]

Google Play blocks access to 17 unregistered exchanges in South Korea 2025-03-26 at 14:11 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Google Play implemented access restrictions to 17 unregistered overseas crypto exchanges catering to local users in South Korea at the request of the country’s regulators.  On March 21, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the South […]

Zero-Day Alert: Google Releases Chrome Patch for Exploit Used in Russian Espionage Attacks 2025-03-26 at 14:10 By Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, has […]

Schneider Electric pumps $700M into US ops as AI datacenter demand surges 2025-03-26 at 13:51 By Tobias Mann Meanwhile, Apple is lining up ‘$1B’ of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra kit Schneider Electric plans to spend $700 million through 2027 to expand its US operations and bolster the supply of its power equipment necessary to sustain the […]

Ethereum devs prepare final Pectra test before mainnet launch 2025-03-26 at 13:08 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Ethereum developers are under pressure as the Pectra upgrade rolls out to a new testnet following several unexpected issues that have delayed its deployment to the mainnet. The Pectra upgrade, which was expected to hit the Ethereum mainnet […]