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BreachForums kingpin goes from walk-free deal to 3-year stretch 2025-09-17 at 15:40 By Connor Jones Prosecutors say Conor Fitzpatrick’s crimes caused ‘incalculable’ damage The founder of the popular cybercrime website BreachForums will spend three years in prison after previously being let off with a slap on the wrist.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Did Scattered Spider Scatter? Cyber Experts Are Skeptical 2025-09-17 at 15:00 By At least 15 ransomware gangs have announced retirement, but security leaders aren’t convinced.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Forward Industries eyes up to $4B share sale to back Solana push 2025-09-17 at 14:46 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The offering is being made under an automatic shelf registration, which lets large companies raise capital quickly and with flexibility. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum unstaking queue goes ‘parabolic’: What does it mean for price? 2025-09-17 at 14:45 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale A significant portion of the almost $12 billion ETH awaiting withdrawal may be sold to lock in profits, considering Ether’s 100% gains over the past year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

UK telco Colt’s recovery from August cyberattack pushes into November 2025-09-17 at 14:45 By Connor Jones Pentesters confirm key system is safe but core products remain unavailable Brit telco Colt Technology Services says its recovery from an August cyberattack might not be completed until late November.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Sky plans to ditch up to 500 staff in the Technology Group 2025-09-17 at 14:18 By Paul Kunert Insiders say AI trials involving ‘critical network services’ underway and some engineering roles being moved to India Exclusive  Sky Group, the Brit-based commercial TV and broadband service slinger owned by Comcast, is chopping up to 600 employees

Scattered Spider Resurfaces With Financial Sector Attacks Despite Retirement Claims 2025-09-17 at 14:15 By Cybersecurity researchers have tied a fresh round of cyber attacks targeting financial services to the notorious cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, casting doubt on their claims of going “dark.” Threat intelligence firm ReliaQuest said it has observed indications that the

Privacy is ‘constant battle’ between blockchain stakeholders and state 2025-09-17 at 13:59 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Blockchain stakeholders may still negotiate with policymakers on the EU AML framework’s upcoming ban on privacy-preserving tokens, set to go into effect in 2027. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UEFI Secure Boot for Linux Arm64 – where do we stand? 2025-09-17 at 10:25 By Udo Seidel Still exotic for now, but moves are afoot Arm devices are everywhere today and many of them run Linux. The operating system also powers cloud computing and IT environments all over the world. However, x86 is still the

ARK Invest’s Bullish holdings near $130M with latest $8.2M scoop 2025-09-17 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest now holds nearly $130 million worth of Bullish shares across its ETFs after its latest multimillion-dollar acquisition on Tuesday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Fed’s ‘third mandate’ may devalue dollar, send crypto soaring 2025-09-17 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Donald Trump’s latest Fed pick cited a “third mandate” for the bank to moderate long-term rates, potentially justifying yield curve control policies, which could boost Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UK Cabinet Office hands stalled Microsoft migration to another department 2025-09-17 at 09:34 By Lindsay Clark Project to get off Google remains a red risk, according to government assessment The Cabinet Office, the strategic center of UK government, has handed a much-delayed project to migrate from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 (M365) to another department.…

DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM 2025-09-17 at 09:28 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Conor Brian

Bitcoin stuck at $116K resistance until ‘decisively reclaimed,’ says Bitfinex 2025-09-17 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons There’s division among crypto analysts over how Bitcoin will react to the Fed’s decision on Wednesday, whether or not a rate cut is announced. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ruh-roh. DDR5 memory vulnerable to new Rowhammer attack 2025-09-17 at 08:37 By Simon Sharwood Google and ETH Zurich found problems with AMD/SK Hynix combo, will probe other hardware Researchers from Google and Swiss university ETH Zurich have found a new class of Rowhammer vulnerability that could allow attackers to access info stored in DDR5 memory.…

RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Shut Down After Microsoft and Cloudflare Disrupt 338 Domains 2025-09-17 at 07:58 By Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft

SEC listing rules to boost crypto ETFs, but no guarantee of inflows: Bitwise 2025-09-17 at 07:45 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says a more straightforward SEC listing process could lead to more crypto ETFs, but that doesn’t mean they’ll all attract money. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Australia to let Big Tech choose its own adventure to enact kids social media ban 2025-09-17 at 07:45 By Simon Sharwood Suggests using multiple overlapping approaches and being kind to kids who get kicked off Australia’s eSafety commissioner has told social media operators it expects them to employ multiple age assurance techniques and technologies to

Reading, Heeding, and Leading 2025-09-17 at 07:44 By A practical book list for those who practice security, risk management and leadership. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Nasdaq-listed GD Culture drops 28% on $875M Bitcoin acquisition deal 2025-09-17 at 07:42 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Shares in GD Culture dropped 28% on Tuesday after it made a deal to swap tens of millions of its shares to acquire 7,500 Bitcoin from Pallas Capital. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View