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Latest Windows patches cause false alarm error to appear in event viewer 2025-08-13 at 20:18 By Richard Speed Redmond let dev code loose in production Windows, leading to the bug Microsoft is having difficulty keeping development code out of the Windows event log after another message that users are advised to ignore turned up in […]

New PS1Bot Malware Campaign Uses Malvertising to Deploy Multi-Stage In-Memory Attacks 2025-08-13 at 20:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malvertising campaign that’s designed to infect victims with a multi-stage malware framework called PS1Bot. “PS1Bot features a modular design, with several modules delivered used to perform a variety of malicious activities on infected systems, […]

No more fake news: Google now lets you prioritize El Reg, others in search results 2025-08-13 at 19:47 By Avram Piltch How to pick the news sources you want to see more (and less) hands on  Even if you have your favorite sites bookmarked or type their URLs in through muscle memory, you probably still […]

GPT-5 is going so well for OpenAI that there’s now a ‘show additional models’ switch 2025-08-13 at 19:33 By Richard Speed Users want their customizations and their old models back There has been more furious backpedalling from OpenAI following the company’s ill-judged launch of GPT-5 and the removal of previous model selection.… This article is […]

XRP futures OI jumps 20% as price charts target $6 in August 2025-08-13 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Multiple technical setups suggest a potential XRP price rally toward $6 and above amid increasing futures open interest. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin bulls charge at all-time highs as trader says $126K ‘pivotal’ 2025-08-13 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin already has new key price levels beyond current all-time highs as traders wait for Ether price discovery to hit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crooks can’t let go: Active attacks target Office vuln patched 8 years ago 2025-08-13 at 19:06 By Paul Kunert CVE-2017-11882 in discontinued Equation Editor still attracting keylogger campaigns despite software being killed off in 2018 Very few people are immune to the siren song of nostalgia, a yearning for a “better time” when this was […]

Here’s why delivery drones may soon become the new standard in the US 2025-08-13 at 18:32 By Associated Press The FAA proposed a new rule last week that would make it easier for companies to fly drones outside of an operator’s line of sight and therefore over longer distances. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology […]

CoreWeave CFO: $25BN raised in debt and equity in 18 months 2025-08-13 at 18:20 By Dan Robinson Reliant on two mega customers? Who says GPU-for-rent kingpin is a not a sustainable biz model? Rent-a-GPU biz CoreWeave is still racking up eyewatering debts amid mounting net losses as it continues to burn cash on expanding datacenter […]

Zoom and Xerox Release Critical Security Updates Fixing Privilege Escalation and RCE Flaws 2025-08-13 at 17:48 By Zoom and Xerox have addressed critical security flaws in Zoom Clients for Windows and FreeFlow Core that could allow privilege escalation and remote code execution.  The vulnerability impacting Zoom Clients for Windows, tracked as CVE-2025-49457 (CVSS score: 9.6), […]

Microsoft pushes Pull print, so you don’t have to dash to the printer to grab the ‘Fire everyone’ memo 2025-08-13 at 17:24 By Richard Speed Hit the button and then go on your own voyage of printer discovery Microsoft has made the “Pull Print” feature of Universal Print generally available, which means confidential print jobs […]

AI model ‘personalities’ shape the quality of generated code 2025-08-13 at 16:48 By Thomas Claburn But despite the differences, all models excel at making errors and shouldn’t be trusted Generative AI coding models have common strengths and weaknesses, but express those characteristics differently due to variations in coding style.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Bitcoin institutional volume hits 75% on Coinbase in new BTC price signal 2025-08-13 at 16:08 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg BTC price gains should be around the corner as institutional Bitcoin demand puts in a classic bullish move. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Box’s AI agents set to help US government agencies 2025-08-13 at 16:08 By Brandon Vigliarolo The vendor hops aboard GSA’s OneGov train, offering models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and more Not to be left behind in the flurry of government-wide AI purchasing deals, Box has signed a deal with the feds that’ll inject some agentic […]

Ethereum core dev’s crypto wallet drained by malicious AI extension 2025-08-13 at 15:22 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Ethereum core dev Zak Cole lost funds after a malicious Cursor extension stole his private key, highlighting rising wallet drainer attacks on builders. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Metaplanet outperforms Japan’s most liquid blue-chip stocks in 2025 2025-08-13 at 15:22 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Metaplanet has outperformed the Topix Core 30 index year-to-date, a benchmark tracking corporate giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop inevitably dies 2025-08-13 at 15:22 By Gareth Halfacree Windows 365 Reserve offers 10-day cloud PCs when your machine goes kaput – but you’ll still need another device to access them Microsoft is so confident in the reliability and security of its […]

AI SOC 101: Key Capabilities Security Leaders Need to Know 2025-08-13 at 15:20 By Security operations have never been a 9-to-5 job. For SOC analysts, the day often starts and ends deep in a queue of alerts, chasing down what turns out to be false positives, or switching between half a dozen tools to piece […]

Fortinet Warns About FortiSIEM Vulnerability (CVE-2025-25256) With In-the-Wild Exploit Code 2025-08-13 at 15:20 By Fortinet is alerting customers of a critical security flaw in FortiSIEM for which it said there exists an exploit in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25256, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “An improper […]

BitGo backs Central Asia’s first spot Bitcoin ETF in Kazakhstan 2025-08-13 at 14:41 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The growing role of platforms like BitGo in spot Bitcoin products worldwide is a double-edged sword, according to market observers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source