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North Korean Hackers Use EtherHiding to Hide Malware Inside Blockchain Smart Contracts 2025-10-16 at 19:04 By A threat actor with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) has been observed leveraging the EtherHiding technique to distribute malware and enable cryptocurrency theft, marking the first time a state-sponsored hacking group has embraced […]

Hackers Abuse Blockchain Smart Contracts to Spread Malware via Infected WordPress Sites 2025-10-16 at 19:04 By A financially motivated threat actor codenamed UNC5142 has been observed abusing blockchain smart contracts as a way to facilitate the distribution of information stealers such as Atomic (AMOS), Lumma, Rhadamanthys (aka RADTHIEF), and Vidar, targeting both Windows and Apple […]

LinkPro Linux Rootkit Uses eBPF to Hide and Activates via Magic TCP Packets 2025-10-16 at 19:04 By An investigation into the compromise of an Amazon Web Services (AWS)-hosted infrastructure has led to the discovery of a new GNU/Linux rootkit dubbed LinkPro, according to findings from Synacktiv. “This backdoor features functionalities relying on the installation of […]

How Grayscale brought crypto staking to Wall Street for the first time 2025-10-16 at 17:46 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Grayscale’s spot crypto ETFs bring regulated staking yields to mainstream investors, merging crypto rewards with traditional Wall Street exposure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin trader says ‘lock in’ as dip-buyers enter below $110K 2025-10-16 at 17:46 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin retested support levels under $110,000 as data showed smaller investors buying and whales cooling their extended BTC sell-off. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Locked out of your Gmail account? Google says phone a friend 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Connor Jones Recovery feature lets trusted contacts help you get back in when other methods fail The latest security feature for Gmail enables users to recover their accounts with a little help from their friends.… This article is an excerpt […]

NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Liam Proven Joins its command-line client from a couple of years ago NordVPN has open sourced another of its Linux VPN client apps under the GPLv3. This time, it’s the graphical user interface (GUI) version.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – ‘our highest ever’ score 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Tim Anderson Flaw in Kestrel web server allowed request smuggling, impact depends on hosting setup and application code Microsoft has patched an ASP.NET Core vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.9, which security program manager Barry Dorrans said was “our […]

US hyperscalers to guzzle 22% more grid juice by end of 2025 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Dan Robinson AI hype fuels bit barn boom – and utilities are sweating the surge Hyperscale datacenters stateside will consume 22 percent more grid power by the end of 2025 than a year ago, and are forecast to need […]

Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Owen Hughes Microsoft’s quality control department caught napping again Microsoft’s October Windows 11 update has managed the impressive feat of breaking localhost, leaving developers unable to access web applications running on their own machines.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Architectures, Risks, and Adoption: How to Assess and Choose the Right AI-SOC Platform 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Scaling the SOC with AI – Why now?  Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are under unprecedented pressure. According to SACR’s AI-SOC Market Landscape 2025, the average organization now faces around 960 alerts per day, while large enterprises manage more […]

Hackers Deploy Linux Rootkits via Cisco SNMP Flaw in “Zero Disco’ Attacks 2025-10-16 at 17:45 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that exploited a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software to deploy Linux rootkits on older, unprotected systems. The activity, codenamed Operation Zero Disco by […]

Standard Chartered to custody crypto for OKX institutional clients in Europe 2025-10-16 at 15:18 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz October’s crypto crash has reignited the “Wild West” narrative, but OKX and Standard Chartered are here to prove it’s not the case, OKX Europe’s Erald Ghoos said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack 2025-10-16 at 15:18 By Connor Jones Alert says financial account information lifted from systems Auction house Sotheby’s says it was breached on July 24, and those behind the intrusion stole an unspecified amount of data, including Social Security numbers and financial account information.… This […]