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Suspected Chinese snoops weaponize unpatched Windows flaw to spy on European diplomats 2025-10-30 at 21:20 By Jessica Lyons Expired security cert, real Brussels agenda, plus PlugX malware finish the job Cyber spies linked to the Chinese government exploited a Windows shortcut vulnerability disclosed in March – but that Microsoft hasn’t fixed yet – to target […]

Microsoft 365 business customers are running out of places to hide from Copilot 2025-10-30 at 21:15 By Brandon Vigliarolo People, Files, and Calendar companion apps gain an auto-installed dose of AI Just when you thought Microsoft had run out of Windows apps to stuff with Copilot, it’s cramming the AI into your taskbar companions –

‘Cut-throat’ battle for crypto ETNs erupts in UK after retail ban lifted 2025-10-30 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi With retail access restored, crypto exchange-traded notes issuers slash fees to historic lows, signaling an intensifying battle for UK market dominance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

BTC mining industry finances AI gold rush with $11B convertible bond boom 2025-10-30 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The Bitcoin mining industry is financing its expensive pivot to AI data centers with convertible debt that sometimes features a 0% coupon. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin bears give three reasons why the bull market is over 2025-10-30 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin MACD’s bearish crossover and the duration after BTC’s last halving could be signs that the 2025 bull run is over, or is this time different? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Docker Compose vulnerability opens door to host-level writes – patch pronto 2025-10-30 at 19:06 By Joe Fay Windows Desktop installer also fixed after DLL hijack flaw rated 8.8 severity Docker Compose users are being strongly urged to upgrade their versions of the orchestration tool after a researcher uncovered a flaw that could allow attackers to

US government shutdown clouds an otherwise sunny ServiceNow forecast 2025-10-30 at 19:06 By Lindsay Clark Enterprise software giant lifts guidance but adds ‘prudence’ as federal contracts stall ServiceNow has built some “prudence” into its earnings guidance due to the ongoing US government shutdown.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Trump and Xi ease trade tensions, but Nvidia still can’t sell Blackwell in China 2025-10-30 at 19:06 By Brandon Vigliarolo US President did discuss chip exports with his counterpart, but made no breakthroughs Talks between US President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea yielded a modest thaw, with the two agreeing to

New “Brash” Exploit Crashes Chromium Browsers Instantly with a Single Malicious URL 2025-10-30 at 19:05 By A severe vulnerability disclosed in Chromium’s Blink rendering engine can be exploited to crash many Chromium-based browsers within a few seconds. Security researcher Jose Pino, who disclosed details of the flaw, has codenamed it Brash. “It allows any Chromium

Who is Michael Selig? Trump nominates pro-crypto lawyer to head CFTC 2025-10-30 at 17:15 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood The Trump administration has appointed Michael Selig, a pro-crypto lawyer and SEC counsel, to head up the CFTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin risks ’20-30%’ drop as crypto markets liquidate $1.1B in 24 hours 2025-10-30 at 17:15 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin fell to the bottom of its local range as traders lost over $1 billion as a result of the surprise BTC price downside after the Fed interest-rate cut. This article is an excerpt from

Can ChatGPT really predict the next crypto market crash? 2025-10-30 at 17:15 By Cointelegraph by Tayyub Yaqoob ChatGPT cannot time crashes but can flag early warning signs by merging onchain, derivatives and sentiment data, helping traders detect risk clusters before markets break. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

KDE tidies up Plasma 6.5 with 60-odd fixes and smoother setup for OEMs 2025-10-30 at 17:15 By Liam Proven Big release with a lot of new features – and a few inevitable glitches The KDE Plasma 6.5 graphical shell arrived last week for Unix-like operating systems, and now 6.5.1 is here for the more cautious.

Invisible npm malware pulls a disappearing act – then nicks your tokens 2025-10-30 at 16:27 By Carly Page PhantomRaven slipped over a hundred credential-stealing packages into npm A new supply chain attack dubbed PhantomRaven has flooded the npm registry with malicious packages that steal credentials, tokens, and secrets during installation. The packages appear safe when

Nakamoto Holdings’ shares sink as $563M PIPE deals trigger massive sell-off 2025-10-30 at 15:47 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas CEO David Bailey told Forbes he plans to fold Bitcoin Magazine, the Bitcoin conference and hedge fund 210k Capital into Nakamoto Holdings to boost cash flow. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

AI will forever change smart contract audits 2025-10-30 at 15:47 By Cointelegraph by Jesus Rodriguez Point-in-time audits fail in composable, adversarial markets. AI-powered continuous assurance using solvers and simulation replaces episodic security checks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Canonical CEO says no to IPO in current volatile market 2025-10-30 at 15:47 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols ‘We should be a public company,’ Shuttleworth tells The Reg, just not ‘with our trousers around our ankles’ Interview  An initial public offering is a matter of when, not if, for Canonical founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth, though

Bending Spoons scoops up AOL in $2.8B debt-fueled deal 2025-10-30 at 15:47 By Richard Speed Dial-up dinosaur finds yet another corporate home as Yahoo waves goodbye Bending Spoons, an Italian tech biz, is buying AOL from Yahoo, funded by a $2.8 billion debt financing package that will also bankroll future acquisitions.… This article is an

Cyberpunks mess with Canada’s water, energy, and farm systems 2025-10-30 at 15:47 By Carly Page Infosec agency warns hacktivists broke into critical infrastructure systems to tamper with controls Hacktivists have breached Canadian critical infrastructure systems to meddle with controls that could have led to dangerous conditions, marking the latest in a string of real-world intrusions