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Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale 2025-12-22 at 08:49 By Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan. “Previously, users received ‘pure’ Trojan APKs that acted as malware immediately

Product Spotlight: 2025 Year in Review 2025-12-22 at 07:29 By Security magazine highlights a few of the products released and/or updated in 2025.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Fed seeks input on account type attractive to crypto firms 2025-12-22 at 06:37 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Federal Reserve is seeking public feedback on a new “payment account” that could give fintechs and crypto companies easier access to the central bank’s systems. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Video game mods are spreading new ‘Stealka’ crypto infostealer: Kaspersky 2025-12-22 at 06:37 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Kaspersky found a new malware, dubbed Stealk, that disguises itself as game mods and pirated software to steal crypto wallets, passwords, and browser data. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

US lawmakers push to fix staking ‘double taxation’ before 2026 2025-12-22 at 06:37 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Lawmakers led by Republican Mike Carey argue that current IRS rules penalize stakers with an administrative burden and potentially over-tax unrealized gains. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

There’s so much stolen data in the world, South Korea will require face scans to buy a SIM 2025-12-22 at 06:37 By Simon Sharwood SK Telecom’s epic infosec faill will cost it another $1.5 billion South Korea’s government on Friday announced it will require local mobile carriers to verify the identity of new customers with

Fintechs’ prediction market addons will cost them in churn: Inversion CEO 2025-12-22 at 04:22 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Inversion Capital CEO Santiago Roel Santos argued that “casino-like” features increase user liquidation risk, undermining long-term value capture. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Uniswap fee switch to go live as community vote set to pass 2025-12-22 at 03:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Uniswap’s fee switch proposal, designed to boost its token’s supply-demand dynamics via token burns, has passed a community vote threshold and is set to take effect this week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

Migrating Bitcoin to post-quantum may ‘easily’ take 5-10 years: Crypto exec 2025-12-21 at 23:27 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Bitcoin is a decentralized software protocol that has a collective action problem, unlike centralized companies, according to Jameson Lopp. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Kash Patel says FBI boosting AI use ‘key component’ to countering domestic, global threats 2025-12-21 at 18:22 By Fox News FBI director says AI initiative will assist investigators and analysts working in national security space. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Bitcoin traders split between $70K crash and BTC price rebound within days 2025-12-21 at 18:11 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin price expectations diverged into the weekly close as $150,000 targets met calls for a drop to levels not seen in over a year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Workers should control the means of agentic production, suggests WorkBeaver boss 2025-12-21 at 15:28 By Thomas Claburn What if AI vendors focused on the demand side? Interview  “I think everybody is adopting AI irresponsibly and I think it’s going to have a net negative outcome on the socio-economic standing of the world,” said Bars Juhasz.

Crypto activity in Brazil rises 43% with average investment surpassing $1,000: Report 2025-12-21 at 11:06 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Brazil’s crypto market showed signs of maturity in 2025, with higher transaction volumes, larger per-user investments and growing demand for low-risk products. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

NIST tried to pull the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift 2025-12-21 at 09:52 By Simon Sharwood A rare case of deliberately trying to induce an outage A staffer at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tried to disable backup generators powering some of its Network Time Protocol

US lawmakers propose tax break for small stablecoin payments, staking rewards 2025-12-21 at 09:09 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas US lawmakers are proposing a $200 tax exemption for stablecoin payments and a multi-year deferral option for crypto staking and mining rewards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto community ‘very sorry’ over Senator Lummis’ reelection decision 2025-12-21 at 08:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Industry supporters said crypto “would not be where it is today” without US Senator Cynthia Lummis, who announced she would not seek reelection next year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source