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2025 Cybersecurity Reality Check: Breaches Hidden, Attack Surfaces Growing, and AI Misperceptions Rising 2025-10-01 at 14:18 By Bitdefender’s 2025 Cybersecurity Assessment Report paints a sobering picture of today’s cyber defense landscape: mounting pressure to remain silent after breaches, a gap between leadership and frontline teams, and a growing urgency to shrink the enterprise attack surface. […]

Hackers Exploit Milesight Routers to Send Phishing SMS to European Users 2025-10-01 at 14:18 By Unknown threat actors are abusing Milesight industrial cellular routers to send SMS messages as part of a smishing campaign targeting users in European countries since at least February 2022. French cybersecurity company SEKOIA said the attackers are exploiting the cellular […]

Metaplanet becomes 4th-largest corporate Bitcoin holder after $600M buy 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Yield surged to 309.8% in late 2024, showing its per-share BTC exposure more than tripled before stabilizing at 33% this year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

CoinShares responds to rise of active ETFs with Bastion acquisition 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz CoinShares is set to acquire investment manager Bastion Asset Management to launch actively managed crypto ETFs in the US. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin revives gold correlation as BTC price nears $117K 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin pushed higher toward $117,000 on Wednesday as bulls ignored downside liquidity to follow gold as it hit fresh all-time highs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Judge dismisses Arm’s last legal claim against Qualcomm in licensing spat 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By Dan Robinson Chip designer tells The Reg it plans to appeal Qualcomm is claiming complete victory over Arm in their licensing spat, after a court in Delaware ruled it has not breached the terms of any architecture license agreement (ALA) […]

Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By SA Mathieson Politico avoids the topic at Labour conference speech, homes in on AI instead UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for […]

Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By Connor Jones ICO investigation into platform’s lack of age assurance continues The UK’s data watchdog has described Imgur’s move to block UK users as “a commercial decision” after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.… This article is an excerpt […]

Schools are swotting up on security yet still flunk recovery when cyberattacks strike 2025-10-01 at 13:58 By Danny Palmer Coursework ‘gone forever’ as 10% report critical damage Schools and colleges hit by cyberattacks are taking longer to restore their networks — and the consequences are severe, with students’ coursework being permanently lost in some cases.… […]

3 Ways to Bolster Security This Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025-10-01 at 13:36 By While improving cybersecurity is a year-round initiative, this month serves as an excellent opportunity for organizations to reorient their security priorities.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New Android Banking Trojan “Klopatra” Uses Hidden VNC to Control Infected Smartphones 2025-10-01 at 13:02 By A previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Klopatra has compromised over 3,000 devices, with a majority of the infections reported in Spain and Italy. Italian fraud prevention firm Cleafy, which discovered the sophisticated malware and remote access trojan (RAT) […]

Ukraine Warns of CABINETRAT Backdoor + XLL Add-ins Spread via Signal ZIPs 2025-10-01 at 11:30 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of new targeted cyber attacks in the country using a backdoor called CABINETRAT. The activity, observed in September 2025, has been attributed to a threat cluster it tracks as […]

UK’s digital hospital plan meets analog reality check 2025-10-01 at 11:21 By SA Mathieson Experts ask: Where will staff come from, and what about gran’s flip phone? The government has announced a new “digital hospital” service in England that will provide online appointments with consultants as an alternative to visiting a National Health Service (NHS) […]

How 5 solo Bitcoin miners cashed in over $350K each in 2025 2025-10-01 at 11:00 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya In 2025, several solo Bitcoin miners defied the odds, netting $350,000 each. These wins reflect the decentralized nature of Bitcoin, as envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

BNB Chain’s official X account hacked, CZ warns of phishing links 2025-10-01 at 11:00 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra SlowMist’s chief security officer said the phishing domains behind BNB Chain’s compromised X account are tied to the notorious Inferno Drainer group. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source