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Bitcoin drops below $119K after US Treasury secretary rules out new BTC buys 2025-08-14 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin fell below $119,000 on Thursday after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the government will not make new BTC purchases to fund a Bitcoin reserve. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

Lost your crypto password or seed phrase? Here’s what actually works in 2025 2025-08-14 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Tobias Vilkenson Lost your seed phrase or crypto wallet password in 2025? You’re not alone. Recovery might still be possible. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Vibe coding platform Anything arrives, our hands-on suggests caution 2025-08-14 at 17:07 By Tim Anderson Making apps is as easy as selling t-shirts, claims vibe coding startup Hands On  Create has declared its vibe coding platform, now called Anything, production-ready at version 1.0, with support for both web and mobile applications – although our quick

Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO’d in UK outage 2025-08-14 at 16:31 By Carly Page Brits wake to a beeping nightmare as Amazon’s AI assistant forgets how to set – or stop – alarms Amazon’s Alexa is on the fritz, bungling alarms and timers and leaving some UK users trapped

Vietnam police bust billion-dollar crypto Ponzi ring behind Paynet Coin scam: Report 2025-08-14 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Vietnam’s police say they have arrested 20 people in what they say is the country’s largest crypto scam, a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme built around Paynet Coin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama 2025-08-14 at 15:48 By Carly Page Moscow-linked miscreants accused of swiping sealed US court files and fiddling with a Norwegian dam’s floodgates Russian attackers reportedly spent months rummaging through the US federal court’s creaky case-management system, while Norway reckons the same

Amazon’s $100B DC spend similar to entire Costa Rica GDP 2025-08-14 at 15:18 By Dan Robinson Microsoft cap-ex larger than output of Uganda and Google trumps Slovenia… all in the name of AI The level of investment pouring into new infrastructure from datacenter operators is comparable to the turnover of some mid-sized economies.… This article

46% of Enterprise Passwords Can Be Cracked 2025-08-14 at 15:18 By Enterprise passwords have become increasingly vulnerable in the past year.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Ether rally turns Radiant Capital exploit into $103M windfall for hacker 2025-08-14 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The hacker behind the Radiant Capital $58 million October 2024 exploit now holds $103 million in Ether since the asset’s price almost doubled. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Spar rolls out nationwide stablecoin and crypto payments in Switzerland 2025-08-14 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Spar will launch crypto and stablecoin payments across 300 Swiss supermarkets via Binance Pay and DFX.swiss, marking a retail first for the country. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Italian hotels breached en masse since June, government confirms 2025-08-14 at 15:01 By Connor Jones Nearly 100,000 records allegedly up for sale after apparent breach at booking system Italy’s digital agency (AGID) says a cybercriminal’s claims concerning a spate of data thefts affecting various hotels across the country are genuine.… This article is an excerpt

Have You Turned Off Your Virtual Oven? 2025-08-14 at 15:00 By You check that the windows are shut before leaving home. Return to the kitchen to verify that the oven and stove were definitely turned off. Maybe even circle back again to confirm the front door was properly closed. These automatic safety checks give you

New Android Malware Wave Hits Banking via NFC Relay Fraud, Call Hijacking, and Root Exploits 2025-08-14 at 15:00 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android trojan called PhantomCard that abuses near-field communication (NFC) to conduct relay attacks for facilitating fraudulent transactions in attacks targeting banking customers in Brazil. “PhantomCard relays NFC data from a

.NET 10 preview out now, likely to be near feature-complete 2025-08-14 at 14:04 By Tim Anderson WebSocket connections wrapped as streams, MAUI fixes and more as latest LTS version nears release candidate stage Microsoft has released Preview 7 of its .NET 10 runtime and frameworks, with new features including wrapping WebSocket connections as streams, improved

Stock in the Channel pulls website amid cyberattack 2025-08-14 at 13:16 By Connor Jones Intruders accessed important systems but tells customers their data is safe A UK-based multinational that provides tech stock availability tools is telling customers that its website outage is due to a cyber attack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Simple Steps for Attack Surface Reduction 2025-08-14 at 13:16 By Story teaser text: Cybersecurity leaders face mounting pressure to stop attacks before they start, and the best defense may come down to the settings you choose on day one. In this piece, Yuriy Tsibere explores how default policies like deny-by-default, MFA enforcement, and application Ringfencing

‘Expensive lesson’: Coinbase loses $300K token fees in 0x contract error 2025-08-14 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Coinbase lost $300,000 in token fees after mistakenly approving assets to a 0x swapper contract, enabling an MEV bot to drain its corporate wallet. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Cardano analyst expects 150% ‘massive bullish rally’ in the coming weeks 2025-08-14 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Over 15 billion ADA has stayed unmoved for a year, signaling holder confidence as “altcoin season” momentum builds and Cardano price rises to multimonth highs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin’s new record high has traders asking: Did BTC price top at $124K? 2025-08-14 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin technical indicators are starting to show some signs of BTC price overheating, but onchain data suggests otherwise. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Social media users rubbish at spotting sneaky ads, say boffins 2025-08-14 at 12:22 By Paul Kunert Social media marketeers getting better at concealing promos in posts Boffins have peered deep into the eyes of social media users and come to the conclusion that they’re not great at spotting when an influencer is trying to sell