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Gary Gensler doubles down on crypto approach amid SEC sea change 2025-09-19 at 22:00 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The former SEC chair and Paul Atkins, the current head of the agency, both made media appearance this week to address significant policies proposed by US President Donald Trump. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

ChatGPT joins human league, now solves CAPTCHAs for the right prompt 2025-09-19 at 21:41 By Jessica Lyons Could this bot-prevention technique now be obsolete? ChatGPT can be tricked via cleverly worded prompts to violate its own policies and solve CAPTCHA puzzles, potentially making this human-proving security mechanism obsolete, researchers say.… This article is an excerpt

Sorry, but DeepSeek didn’t really train its flagship model for $294,000 2025-09-19 at 21:02 By Tobias Mann Training costs detailed in R1 training report don’t include 2.79 million GPU hours that laid its foundation Chinese AI darling DeepSeek’s now infamous R1 research report was published in the Journal Nature this week, alongside new information on

Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says 2025-09-19 at 20:31 By Jessica Lyons Unnamed org compromised with two malware sets An unknown attacker has abused a couple of flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and deployed two sets of malware against an unnamed organization, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure

XRP revisits $3 support, but data shows bulls still in control 2025-09-19 at 20:04 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly XRP failed to overcome the $3.20 resistance level, but technical charts and onchain data conclude that bulls are still in control. Is $5 possible by Q4? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware 2025-09-19 at 19:22 By An Iran-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC1549 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting European telecommunications companies, successfully infiltrating 34 devices across 11 organizations as part of a recruitment-themed activity on LinkedIn. Swiss cybersecurity

Why Coinbase and OKX want a slice of Australia’s $2.8T pension pie 2025-09-19 at 19:09 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Global exchanges Coinbase and OKX are betting big on Australia’s pension pie, pushing crypto into self-managed super funds. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Microsoft insists Copilot+ PCs are ’empowering the future’ – reality disagrees 2025-09-19 at 19:09 By Richard Speed Latest marketing blitz for a solution seeking a problem… and a killer app Comment  Microsoft suspects that a “transformative shift” is being driven in personal and enterprise computing by its Copilot+ PCs and an expanding Windows on Arm

Turns out Hayabusa2’s next asteroid target isn’t much bigger than the probe itself 2025-09-19 at 18:16 By Richard Speed It’s also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe faces a tougher mission after new measurements revealed its target asteroid is nearly three times smaller and spinning about

Bitcoin price forecasts eye $110K target as $4.9T options expiry arrives 2025-09-19 at 18:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin gained fresh downward BTC price predictions on the back of an options expiry event and thickening bid liquidity on exchange order books. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Fortra Releases Critical Patch for CVSS 10.0 GoAnywhere MFT Vulnerability 2025-09-19 at 18:03 By Fortra has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) software that could result in the execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-10035, carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. “A deserialization

SystemBC Powers REM Proxy With 1,500 Daily VPS Victims Across 80 C2 Servers 2025-09-19 at 18:03 By A proxy network known as REM Proxy is powered by malware known as SystemBC, offering about 80% of the botnet to its users, according to new findings from the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies. “REM Proxy

Ding ding: Fortra rings the perfect-10 bell over latest GoAnywhere MFT bug 2025-09-19 at 17:35 By Connor Jones Outside experts say the vulnerability has probably already been exploited Budding ransomware crooks have another shot at exploiting Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT product now that a new 10/10 severity vulnerability needs patching.… This article is an excerpt from

17,500 Phishing Domains Target 316 Brands Across 74 Countries in Global PhaaS Surge 2025-09-19 at 17:20 By The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) offering known as Lighthouse and Lucid has been linked to more than 17,500 phishing domains targeting 316 brands from 74 countries. “Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) deployments have risen significantly recently,” Netcraft said in a new report. “The

EU targets crypto platforms in latest Russia sanctions package 2025-09-19 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The European Union is looking to block Russian crypto transactions, marking the first time that sanctions have directly targeted cryptocurrency platforms. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) explained: The future of secure blockchain applications 2025-09-19 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Gleb K The adoption of TEEs in crypto is accelerating. But what does this technology truly offer? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

France goes rogue, Bitcoin pumps on Fed rate cut: Global Express 2025-09-19 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Bitcoin’s price pumped on news that the US Federal Reserve would cut rates by one quarter of a point. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants 2025-09-19 at 16:50 By Carly Page Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out A US court has cleared the way for the National Science Foundation to press ahead with the cancellation