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Google to require dev verification for all Android apps by 2027 2025-08-26 at 18:00 By Tim Anderson Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in September […]

Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement 2025-08-26 at 17:35 By David Meyer Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup AI search outfit Perplexity has been hit with yet another copyright lawsuit, this time courtesy of Japan’s Nikkei and Asahi media companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness 2025-08-26 at 16:56 By Connor Jones Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.… This article is an excerpt

MixShell Malware Delivered via Contact Forms Targets U.S. Supply Chain Manufacturers 2025-08-26 at 16:50 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a sophisticated social engineering campaign that’s targeting supply chain-critical manufacturing companies with an in-memory malware dubbed MixShell. The activity has been codenamed ZipLine by Check Point Research. “Instead of sending unsolicited phishing emails, attackers

Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX? 2025-08-26 at 16:19 By Richard Speed We’ve going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds! Elon Musk’s monster rocket, Starship, remains firmly on the launchpad after two scrubs in a row, first due to an oxygen leak and then some clouds.… This article is an excerpt

Jon Rice rejoins Cointelegraph as editor-in-chief 2025-08-26 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Cointelegraph Veteran crypto journalist Jon Rice is back at Cointelegraph, where he will chart a new editorial direction and strengthen newsroom integrity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners 2025-08-26 at 15:45 By A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the ClickFix social engineering tactic to deliver information stealers, ransomware, and cryptocurrency miners. The large-scale

AI-Driven Trends in Endpoint Security: What the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Reveals 2025-08-26 at 15:45 By Cyber threats and attacks like ransomware continue to increase in volume and complexity with the endpoint typically being the most sought after and valued target. With the rapid expansion and adoption of AI, it is more critical than ever

Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge 2025-08-26 at 15:32 By Carly Page Isolation? We’ve heard of it Docker has patched a critical hole in Docker Desktop that let a container break out and take control of the host machine with laughable ease.… This article is an excerpt from The

James Wynn wiped on 10x DOGE bet, as he prepares to ‘go max long’ 2025-08-26 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The millionaire leverage trader was liquidated on his latest DOGE position, as he predicted an end to the current market downturn. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Animoca joins Antler to bring Japanese anime, manga IP onchain 2025-08-26 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Animoca Brands has partnered with Antler’s Ibex Japan to launch a Web3 fund aimed at bringing Japan’s anime and manga IP onchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Was $124K the top? Bitcoin’s price peak signals tell a different story 2025-08-26 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Bitcoin’s pullback is flushing out weaker hands, while resilient holders remain focused on the $150,000 technical analysis target in play. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

The (Microsoft) Windows Are Wide Open for Bad Actors 2025-08-26 at 15:05 By Most healthcare organizations won’t be able to fully transition to Windows 11 before Microsoft ends Windows 10 support. That means that bad actors will soon be launching malware that takes advantage.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed

Farmers Insurance harvests bad news: 1.1M customers snared in data breach 2025-08-26 at 14:39 By Carly Page Crims raided third-party systems and lifted personal data, including license numbers and partial SSNs US insurance giant Farmers Insurance says more than a million customers had personal data nicked after a third-party vendor was compromised.… This article is

Dollar stability questioned as Trump ousts Federal Reserve governor 2025-08-26 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sparked a legal standoff and renewed concerns over the Fed’s independence. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Blue chip NFTs sink double digits as ETH retreats from record highs 2025-08-26 at 13:09 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Pudgy Penguins, BAYC and Doodles led the decline over the past week, while CryptoPunks held on with only a 1.35% drop. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

HOOK Android Trojan Adds Ransomware Overlays, Expands to 107 Remote Commands 2025-08-26 at 13:08 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called HOOK that features ransomware-style overlay screens to display extortion messages. “A prominent characteristic of the latest variant is its capacity to deploy a full-screen ransomware overlay, which

Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline 2025-08-26 at 12:54 By Connor Jones Phone lines also down as officials rely on social media to issue updates The state of Nevada is now two days into a cyberattack that has brought down many of its digital services.… This article is an excerpt from

CertiK predicts ‘endless war’ with crypto hackers after $2.5B stolen 2025-08-26 at 12:17 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Ever-evolving cybersecurity efforts are forcing hackers to seek out weak links among human vulnerabilities to fuel an ‘endless war,’ CertiK co-founder said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

One long sentence is all it takes to make LLMs misbehave 2025-08-26 at 12:17 By Gareth Halfacree Chatbots ignore their guardrails when your grammar sucks, researchers find Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered the key to getting large language model (LLM) chatbots to ignore their guardrails, and it’s quite simple.… This