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England’s local government shake-up promises to be a massive tech headache 2025-10-31 at 11:46 By SA Mathieson Surrey to be divided into two new councils in first phase of countrywide reorg The UK government will replace Surrey County Council and its 11 borough and district councils with two new unitary councils, which will provide most […]

Eclipse Foundation Revokes Leaked Open VSX Tokens Following Wiz Discovery 2025-10-31 at 11:45 By Eclipse Foundation, which maintains the open-source Open VSX project, said it has taken steps to revoke a small number of tokens that were leaked within Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions published in the marketplace. The action comes following a report […]

CISA and NSA Issue Urgent Guidance to Secure WSUS and Microsoft Exchange Servers 2025-10-31 at 11:45 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA), along with international partners from Australia and Canada, have released guidance to harden on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server instances from potential exploitation. “By restricting administrative access, […]

A New Security Layer for macOS Takes Aim at Admin Errors Before Hackers Do 2025-10-31 at 09:52 By A design firm is editing a new campaign video on a MacBook Pro. The creative director opens a collaboration app that quietly requests microphone and camera permissions. MacOS is supposed to flag that, but in this case, […]

NHS left with sick PCs as suppliers resist Windows 11 treatment 2025-10-31 at 09:29 By Owen Hughes Hospitals told to upgrade, but some medical device makers haven’t prescribed compatibility yet NHS hospitals are being blocked from fully upgrading to Windows 11 by a small number of suppliers that have yet to make their medical devices […]

ETFs will usher institutions into altcoins, just like Bitcoin: Analyst 2025-10-31 at 09:25 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Spot Ether ETF inflows have surpassed Bitcoin ETFs during the third quarter of 2025, signaling dormant appetite for regulated altcoin investments. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

CISA Flags VMware Zero-Day Exploited by China-Linked Hackers in Active Attacks 2025-10-31 at 09:09 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability […]

Bitwise exec says a bet on Solana gives ‘two ways to win’ 2025-10-31 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Solana has good odds of winning a larger share of the stablecoin and tokenization market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Beware of Tricks: Halloween Scams Are Stealing Credentials, Money 2025-10-31 at 08:00 By Halloween tricks aren’t reserved for trick-or-treaters — cybercriminals are preying on the Halloween spirit to enact malicious spam.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

​​Western Union’s ‘WUUSD’ trademark hints at crypto offerings 2025-10-31 at 07:58 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan A trademark filing by Western Union for “WUUSD” suggests the company is looking into building crypto wallet, crypto trading and even crypto lending services. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Amazon juggernaut continues hauling in more cash despite recent bad news 2025-10-31 at 05:47 By Thomas Claburn The spending will continue until AI revenue improves Despite a trickle of bad news from Amazon in recent weeks, the company’s business is thrumming along, with AWS leading the way.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Japan’s new space truck is also a temporary space lab, just worked first time 2025-10-31 at 05:47 By Simon Sharwood HTV-X capsule is designed to hang around in space after delivering cargo to ISS Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is celebrating after its new cargo carrier docked at the International Space Station.… This article is […]

Bitcoin not the ‘end goal’ says Riot as BTC production jumps 27% 2025-10-31 at 05:05 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Riot sees Bitcoin mining as a “means to an end,” planning to pivot its power resources to build a 1-gigawatt AI data center campus. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source