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US drops sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year 2025-07-02 at 15:50 By Connor Jones Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks The US Treasury has sanctioned Aeza Group, a Russian bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider, and four of its cronies for enabling ransomware and other cybercriminal activity.… This article […]

ECB to pilot blockchain-based euro settlement system by 2026 2025-07-02 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The European Central Bank will launch a blockchain settlement pilot by late 2026 under its new Pontes initiative, aiming to connect DLT platforms with the eurozone’s core payment systems. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

Microsoft’s on-prem Exchange and Skype for Business Server go subscription-only 2025-07-02 at 14:34 By Richard Speed Are you sure you wouldn’t rather run in our cloud? Microsoft has made Subscription Editions (SE) of Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server generally available, marking an end to year-numbered versions.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Hackers Using PDFs to Impersonate Microsoft, DocuSign, and More in Callback Phishing Campaigns 2025-07-02 at 14:33 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to phishing campaigns that impersonate popular brands and trick targets into calling phone numbers operated by threat actors. “A significant portion of email threats with PDF payloads persuade victims to call adversary-controlled phone […]

That Network Traffic Looks Legit, But it Could be Hiding a Serious Threat 2025-07-02 at 14:33 By With nearly 80% of cyber threats now mimicking legitimate user behavior, how are top SOCs determining what’s legitimate traffic and what is potentially dangerous? Where do you turn when firewalls and endpoint detection and response (EDR) fall short […]

Iranian Cyber Actors May Target “Entities of Interest” in US, Warns CISA 2025-07-02 at 14:17 By CISA warns that Iranian cyber actors may target critical infrastructure in the United States.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Bybit, OKX expand crypto services in Europe under MiCA 2025-07-02 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Bybit and OKX have both launched MiCA-compliant crypto exchanges in the EU, marking a significant push into Europe’s newly unified regulatory landscape. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Coming to PostgreSQL: On-disk database encryption 2025-07-02 at 13:46 By Lindsay Clark Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-in Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a popular approach to encrypting data at the storage layer, beefing up database security. While PostgreSQL has steadily climbed in popularity – especially among professional developers […]

Bitcoin profit-taking makes $140K key BTC price point: Research 2025-07-02 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin realized profits this year have yet to match 2024 levels, and BTC price action would notionally need to rise 30% as a result, said research from CryptoQuant. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Standard Chartered expects Bitcoin to hit new highs of $135K in Q3 2025-07-02 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The Bitcoin halving cycle is unlikely to hurt the BTC price in the second half of 2025 due to strong ETF and corporate buying, Standard Chartered forecasts. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

U.S. Sanctions Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider for Supporting Cybercriminals Behind Ransomware 2025-07-02 at 13:03 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across […]

Cl0p cybercrime gang’s data exfiltration tool found vulnerable to RCE attacks 2025-07-02 at 12:47 By Connor Jones Experts say they don’t expect the MOVEit menace to do much about it Security experts have uncovered a hole in Cl0p’s data exfiltration tool that could potentially leave the cybercrime group vulnerable to attack.… This article is an […]

Judge lets Celsius $4B Bitcoin lawsuit against Tether move forward 2025-07-02 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas A US judge has allowed Celsius’s lawsuit over Tether’s $4 billion Bitcoin liquidation to move forward, rejecting key parts of Tether’s dismissal bid. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UK eyes new laws as cable sabotage blurs line between war and peace 2025-07-02 at 11:47 By Lindsay Clark It might be time to update the Submarine Telegraph Act of 1885 Cyberattacks and undersea cable sabotage are blurring the line between war and peace and exposing holes in UK law, a government minister has warned […]

Binance CEO on how Bhutan’s happiness philosophy aligns with crypto 2025-07-02 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Binance CEO Richard Teng says crypto aligns with Bhutan’s happiness-first policy, highlighting financial freedom and innovation during a visit to the Himalayan kingdom. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets 2025-07-02 at 10:49 By Simon Sharwood Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes NASA is exploring the properties of a metal alloy that shrinks as it is heated, as boffins in its Astrophysics Division think it may be […]

Bitcoin’s ‘super-majority’ holds $1.2T in unrealized profits: Glassnode 2025-07-02 at 10:08 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Glassnode said Bitcoin’s current price “is not compelling enough for investors to continue selling” as unrealized profits hit $1.2 trillion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

5 ‘insidious’ crypto scams to watch out for this year 2025-07-02 at 10:08 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Crypto hacking techniques haven’t advanced much, but they’ve become far more cunning, warns SlowMist’s head of operations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Design app Figma discloses $70M Bitcoin ETF holdings in IPO filing 2025-07-02 at 10:08 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Figma has filed to go public in the US, disclosing it holds $69.5 million worth of Bitcoin ETFs and has $30 million in USDC ready to purchase Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

Vercel’s v0 AI Tool Weaponized by Cybercriminals to Rapidly Create Fake Login Pages at Scale 2025-07-02 at 10:08 By Unknown threat actors have been observed weaponizing v0, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Vercel, to design fake sign-in pages that impersonate their legitimate counterparts. “This observation signals a new evolution in the weaponization of […]