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Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline 2025-08-15 at 14:59 By Connor Jones Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters? The lingering effects of a cyberattack on the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands are preventing it from reactivating speed cameras across the country.… This article is an excerpt […]

U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions 2025-08-15 at 14:58 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing more than $100 million in transactions linked to

Zero Trust + AI: Privacy in the Age of Agentic AI 2025-08-15 at 14:58 By We used to think of privacy as a perimeter problem: about walls and locks, permissions, and policies. But in a world where artificial agents are becoming autonomous actors — interacting with data, systems, and humans without constant oversight — privacy

Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI? 2025-08-15 at 14:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Or, more? Eventually, AI companies will stop selling their services as a loss leader, and then the AI “cost-savings” will disappear like dew on a hot summer morning Bosses throughout the world love the idea of

Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline 2025-08-15 at 13:31 By Connor Jones London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as ‘protective measure’ following breach Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident” is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a number of days.…

Spot Ether ETFs rack up $3B in August as ETH hits yearly high 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Spot Ether ETFs are set to record their strongest weekly performance ever, with inflows already surpassing $2.9 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Hong Kong issues strict new crypto custody rules for cold wallets 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Hong Kong has introduced strict crypto custody rules, banning smart contracts for cold wallets and tightening security standards for custodians. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL 2025-08-15 at 12:22 By Danny Bradbury Government: ‘Trust us, it’ll be different this time’ Feature  The UK government has gone all-in on AI. More than 50 years after Harold Wilson gave his famous “White heat of technology” speech, this is the hot new thing. An

LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft, say boffins 2025-08-15 at 11:37 By Paul Kunert System prompt engineering turns benign AI assistants into ‘investigator’ and ‘detective’ roles that bypass privacy guardrails A team of boffins is warning that AI chatbots built on large language models (LLM) can be tuned into malicious agents to autonomously

Cisco Warns of CVSS 10.0 FMC RADIUS Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution 2025-08-15 at 10:48 By Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity security flaw in Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-20265 (CVSS score:

New York lawmaker wants to tax crypto sales and transfers 2025-08-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan New York Assemblymember Phil Steck introduced a bill that would see the state tax the sale and transfer of crypto assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Garantex had ‘contingency plans’ last time authorities tried to shut it down 2025-08-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The US government redesignated Garantex on Thursday to its list of sanctioned entities, along with its successor, Grinex, but TRM Labs suggests it may be ineffective. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Should UK.gov save money by looking for open source alternatives to Microsoft? You decide 2025-08-15 at 09:47 By Lindsay Clark As £9 billion MoU sparks debate about value for money, it’s time to have your say Register debate series  It’s a lot of money, £9 billion ($12 billion). Especially for a government which finds itself

Sorry, ETH holders…you may have to wait longer for all-time highs 2025-08-15 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons While some Ether holders expect new all-time highs within the next few days, a Nansen analyst believes it may still be weeks to months away. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto address poisoning scammers netted $1.6M this week 2025-08-15 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Crypto address poisoning scams exploded this week, with one victim losing $636,000 in Ether due to a purposefully contaminated wallet history. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Coinbase says a ‘full-scale altcoin season’ may be just ahead 2025-08-15 at 08:34 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin dominance has fallen to a six-month low while altcoin market cap jumped 50% since July, setting the stage for a potential September altseason, said Coinbase. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

David Bailey’s Nakamoto closes KindlyMD merger for Bitcoin treasury 2025-08-15 at 08:34 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Nakamoto, a Bitcoin entity established by Trump crypto adviser David Bailey, and KindlyMD, have merged to establish a new Bitcoin treasury company. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Forget Foxconn the iPhone factory. AI’s made it a server-slinger first and foremost 2025-08-15 at 08:34 By Simon Sharwood Next: Modular datacenters ready to host rack-scale systems, to meet endless demand Manufacturer to the stars Foxconn is building so many AI servers that they’re now bringing in more cash than consumer electronics – even counting

AI Algorithms Could Undermine Your Security Job Hunt 2025-08-15 at 07:37 By Use of AI is a double-edged sword for both job seekers and the companies looking to hire them. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Bitcoin charts are similar to the 2021 top: Will history rhyme? 2025-08-15 at 07:00 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A crypto trader says Bitcoin is at a “key resistance” similar to the level where it topped in 2021, but other traders argue historical charts can’t be applied to this cycle. This article is an excerpt