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Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite 2025-04-16 at 15:45 By Iain Thomson Vintage phishing varietal has improved with age Russia never stops using proven tactics, and its Cozy Bear, aka APT 29, cyber-spies are once again trying to lure European diplomats into downloading malware with a phony invitation to a lux […]

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Ethereum L2 development is ‘double-edged sword’ for ETH value 2025-04-16 at 15:22 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Ethereum’s push toward layer-2 (L2) blockchain scalability may be a double-edged sword for Ether, potentially weakening the value accrual of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, according to a new report from Binance Research. The report suggests that Ethereum’s L2

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Bitcoin Treasury bonds may help US refinance $14T debt — VanEck exec 2025-04-16 at 15:22 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz VanEck’s head of research has pitched a new type of US Treasury bond partially backed by Bitcoin to help refinance $14 trillion in US debt. Matthew Sigel pitched the concept of “BitBonds” — US Treasury

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Bitcoin could hit $1M if US buys 1M BTC — Bitcoin Policy Institute 2025-04-16 at 15:22 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra A Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) executive floated a $1 million Bitcoin price scenario if the United States were to buy 1 million BTC.  In a Bitcoin Magazine podcast, Zach Shapiro, the head of policy

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Security industry mourns the loss of Keith Oringer 2025-04-16 at 15:21 By Keith Oringer, Founder and President of Security ProAdvisors, passed away on April 11, 2025.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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From Third-Party Vendors to U.S. Tariffs: The New Cyber Risks Facing Supply Chains 2025-04-16 at 15:21 By Introduction Cyber threats targeting supply chains have become a growing concern for businesses across industries. As companies continue to expand their reliance on third-party vendors, cloud-based services, and global logistics networks, cybercriminals are exploiting vulnerabilities within these interconnected

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Gamma AI Platform Abused in Phishing Chain to Spoof Microsoft SharePoint Logins 2025-04-16 at 15:21 By Threat actors are leveraging an artificial intelligence (AI) powered presentation platform named Gamma in phishing attacks to direct unsuspecting users to spoofed Microsoft login pages. “Attackers weaponize Gamma, a relatively new AI-based presentation tool, to deliver a link to

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In wake of Horizon scandal, forensics prof says digital evidence is a minefield 2025-04-16 at 14:44 By Connor Jones Outdated and misinformed legal presumptions at the heart of concerns Digital forensics in the UK is in need of reform, says one expert, as the deadline to advise the government on computer evidence rules arrives.… This

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Microsoft hits Ctrl-Z after Teams trips over file sharing 2025-04-16 at 14:01 By Richard Speed Maybe don’t push to production without properly testing first? Microsoft Teams experienced a file-sharing outage overnight that disrupted collaboration for many users and forced the software biz to roll back a recent backend change.… This article is an excerpt from

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New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks 2025-04-16 at 14:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new controller component associated with a known backdoor called BPFDoor as part of cyber attacks targeting telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors in South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt in 2024. “The controller could

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Product Walkthrough: A Look Inside Wing Security’s Layered SaaS Identity Defense 2025-04-16 at 14:01 By Intro: Why hack in when you can log in? SaaS applications are the backbone of modern organizations, powering productivity and operational efficiency. But every new app introduces critical security risks through app integrations and multiple users, creating easy access points

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OKX reenters US market following $505M DOJ settlement 2025-04-16 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange OKX announced that it is reentering the US market. According to an April 16 blog post, OKX will return to the United States market along with the appointment of former Barclays director Roshan Robert as its

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Italy finance minister warns US stablecoins pose bigger threat than tariffs 2025-04-16 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Italy’s minister of economy and finance warned that US stablecoin policies are more concerning than President Donald Trump’s tariffs, citing the potential for these crypto assets to undermine the euro’s dominance in cross-border payments. Speaking at

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Legacy tech is the gift that keeps billing for UK’s tax collector 2025-04-16 at 12:59 By Lindsay Clark £5.2B more thrown at the never-ending quest to modernize HMRC In 2022, the UK’s tax collector put £4.5 billion ($5.9 billion) on the table to help its applications become “less dependent upon legacy technologies.” The extent to

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Sony’s Soneium taps EigenLayer to cut finality to under 10 seconds 2025-04-16 at 12:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Soneium, a layer-2 (L2) blockchain network developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, said it has slashed its blockchain finality time by over 98%, as it aims to solve one of the biggest challenges in blockchain scalability.

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TalkTalk Business pulls disappearing act on customer emails 2025-04-16 at 11:55 By Richard Speed It’s not DNS. It can’t be DNS? Right? TalkTalk Business customers were forced to survive without email nearly a week after a technical fault disrupted domain hosting.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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Bitcoin trader sees gold ‘blow-off top’ as XAU nears new $3.3K record 2025-04-16 at 11:08 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) faces an uphill struggle as a safe haven in 2025 as gold fund inflows circle $80 billion. Data from Bank of America (BoA) uploaded to X by trading resource The Kobeissi Letter on

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Chinese Android Phones Shipped with Fake WhatsApp, Telegram Apps Targeting Crypto Users 2025-04-16 at 11:07 By Cheap Android smartphones manufactured by Chinese companies have been observed pre-installed with trojanized apps masquerading as WhatsApp and Telegram that contain cryptocurrency clipper functionality as part of a campaign since June 2024. While using malware-laced apps to steal financial

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Apple: Since you care about yOuR pRiVaCy, we’ll train our AI on made-up emails 2025-04-16 at 10:44 By Thomas Claburn It’s LLMs all the way down Apple, having starved its AI models of data by respecting customer privacy, plans to improve its chatbot suggestions by using made-up emails.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Guess what happens when ransomware fiends find ‘insurance’ ‘policy’ in your files 2025-04-16 at 09:39 By Iain Thomson It involves a number close to three or six depending on the fiend Ransomware operators jack up their ransom demands by a factor of 2.8x if they detect a victim has cyber-insurance, a study highlighted by the

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