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Philippines to secure government documents on Polygon despite network outage 2025-07-31 at 14:28 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The Philippine government launched a blockchain-based document validation system on Polygon, despite the network suffering an outage on the same day. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UNC2891 Breaches ATM Network via 4G Raspberry Pi, Tries CAKETAP Rootkit for Fraud 2025-07-31 at 14:28 By The financially motivated threat actor known as UNC2891 has been observed targeting Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) infrastructure using a 4G-equipped Raspberry Pi as part of a covert attack. The cyber-physical attack involved the adversary leveraging their physical access

Alert Fatigue, Data Overload, and the Fall of Traditional SIEMs 2025-07-31 at 14:28 By Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are stretched to their limits. Log volumes are surging, threat landscapes are growing more complex, and security teams are chronically understaffed. Analysts face a daily battle with alert noise, fragmented tools, and incomplete data visibility. At the

AWS Lambda loves charging for idle time: Vercel claims it found a way to dodge the bill 2025-07-31 at 13:39 By Tim Anderson Startup’s workaround reuses stuck compute slots to rein in runaway function costs Vercel claims it’s slashed AWS Lambda costs by up to 95 percent by reusing idle instances that would otherwise rack

Bitcoin price retargets $119K as treasuries buy 28K BTC in two days 2025-07-31 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin market sentiment shrugs off a hawkish Fed FOMC meeting in an instant amid fresh promises of a US strategic Bitcoin reserve becoming a reality. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Bitcoin miner Phoenix Group launches $150M crypto treasury for BTC, SOL 2025-07-31 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai This made Phoenix Group the first company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) to open a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, it said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

NFT sales surge to $574 million in July, second-highest in 2025 2025-07-31 at 12:36 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra CryptoSlam data showed that the average sale value for NFTs climbed to $113.08, highest in six months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Capgemini wins £107M HMRC extension – no competition needed 2025-07-31 at 12:36 By Lindsay Clark Deal for legacy applications support reaches £322M as they continue to be decommissioned UK tax collector His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has awarded Capgemini a £107 million support and services deal, without competition, under a relationship that started more

Banning VPNs to protect kids? Good luck with that 2025-07-31 at 11:40 By Connor Jones UK’s Online Safety Act kicks off about as well as everyone expected Analysis  With the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) now in effect, it was only a matter of time before tech-savvy under-18s figured out how to bypass the rules

Ether, a ‘90s tech stock’ ends July with biggest gain in 3 years 2025-07-31 at 11:24 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Ether rose 56% this month in its strongest monthly gain since July 2022 amid strong ETF flows and ETH treasury firm buying. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

The Ether Machine buys 15K ETH in $57M purchase, holdings top 334K 2025-07-31 at 11:24 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The latest acquisition pushes The Ether Machine’s total holdings to 334,757 ETH, far outpacing the Ethereum Foundation’s reported 234,000 ETH. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Hackers Exploit Critical WordPress Theme Flaw to Hijack Sites via Remote Plugin Install 2025-07-31 at 10:56 By Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in “Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme” to take over susceptible sites. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5394, carries a CVSS score of 9.8. Security researcher Thái An has

Bitter fight over 2020 Microsoft quantum paper both resolved and unresolved 2025-07-31 at 10:38 By Thomas Claburn Ground control to Majorana Deep dive  The journal Science is preparing to remove an editorial expression of concern that cast doubt on a five-year-old Microsoft quantum computing research paper.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Crypto class actions on pace to nearly double in 2025 2025-07-31 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto-related securities class-action lawsuits are already near their total for the whole of 2024, Cornerstone Research says. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Donald Trump to get on with Bitcoin reserve ‘in short order’ — Bo Hines 2025-07-31 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young White House digital assets chief Bo Hines confirmed strategic Bitcoin reserve plans remain active despite omission from a recent policy report. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum activity may top 2024 as it stays key to DeFi, NFTs: DappRadar 2025-07-31 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte DappRadar analyst Sara Gherghelas said 2025 Ethereum DApp activity appears on track to match or even surpass 2024, “suggesting that the current market momentum might be sustainable.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

Internet exchange points are ignored, vulnerable, and absent from infrastructure protection plans 2025-07-31 at 10:03 By Simon Sharwood Italian operator calls for lawmakers to wake up to the critical role played by peering Internet Exchange Points are an underappreciated resource that all internet users rely on, but governments have unfortunately ignored them, despite their status

Spot Ether ETF staking could ‘dramatically reshape the market’ 2025-07-31 at 09:27 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Hank Huang, CEO of Kronos Research, said Ether ETFs offering yield through staking “flips the switch on demand,” boosting liquidity and greater onchain participation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source