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Anthropic’s debuts most powerful AI yet amid ‘whistleblowing’ controversy 2025-05-23 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has launched the latest generations of its chatbots amid criticism of a testing environment behaviour that could report some users to authorities. Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 on May 22, […]

US big banks hold early talks on joint crypto stablecoin: WSJ 2025-05-23 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Some of the biggest banking companies in the US are reportedly exploring a team-up to launch a crypto stablecoin. Companies owned by JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo have discussed the possibility of jointly […]

Stargate to land its first offshore datacenters in the United Arab Emirates 2025-05-23 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Says it will serve half of humanity but testing that claim produced a hilarious ChatGPT fail Stargate, the Open AI led consortium that aims to build giant AI datacenters, has picked the United Arab Emirates as its […]

Pictures give glimpse inside Trump’s memecoin holder dinner 2025-05-23 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Photos from within US President Donald Trump’s secretive dinner for his top memecoin buyers show attendees were treated to a three-course meal and gift bags as protesters gathered outside the event to accuse Trump of profiting from the presidency. […]

Hackers using fake Ledger Live app to steal seed phrases and drain crypto 2025-05-23 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cybercriminals are using fake Ledger Live apps to drain macOS users’ crypto through malware that steals seed phrases, a cybersecurity firm warns.  The malware replaces the legitimate Ledger Live app on victims’ devices and […]

Bitcoin open interest hits record high as BTC slips below $111K 2025-05-23 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin futures open interest (OI) has hit record levels on crypto derivatives exchanges as traders anticipate the cryptocurrency will continue and reach new all-time highs.  Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest reached a peak of just over […]

GitLab Duo Vulnerability Enabled Attackers to Hijack AI Responses with Hidden Prompts 2025-05-23 at 08:32 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an indirect prompt injection flaw in GitLab’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Duo that could have allowed attackers to steal source code and inject untrusted HTML into its responses, which could then be used to direct […]

CISA Warns of Suspected Broader SaaS Attacks Exploiting App Secrets and Cloud Misconfigs 2025-05-23 at 08:32 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday revealed that Commvault is monitoring cyber threat activity targeting applications hosted in their Microsoft Azure cloud environment. “Threat actors may have accessed client secrets for Commvault’s (Metallic) Microsoft […]

Protecting 14 Campuses, All With Different Needs 2025-05-23 at 08:16 By Protecting 14 campuses and learning centers is almost herculean. But that’s what the security team of Portland Community College (PCC) in Portland, Oregon does for one of the Northwest’s largest college systems.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed […]

Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip 2025-05-23 at 07:18 By Simon Sharwood Consumer affairs Minister is not happy with Uber for following local players with this scheme to encourage rapid pickups India’s consumer affairs minister has criticized Uber for adding a feature that allows users to tip their driver before […]

Swedish health firm jumps 37% on first Bitcoin buy, China EV seller to buy 1K BTC 2025-05-23 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Shares in Swedish health tech company H100 Group AB rose 37% after it said it purchased Bitcoin for the first time as part of a new strategy, while China’s Jiuzi Holdings […]

Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger 2025-05-23 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Crypto perpetual futures contracts could receive regulatory approval in the US “very soon,” says outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger. Perpetual crypto futures “can come to market now,” Mersinger told Bloomberg TV on May 22.  […]

‘No questions asked’ Bitcoin launderer gets 6 years in prison 2025-05-23 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A US man operating what prosecutors called a “no questions asked” cash-to-Bitcoin conversion service has been sentenced to six years behind bars and was ordered to hand over millions of dollars.  Boston federal court Judge Richard Stearns […]

Michigan lawmakers file 4 crypto bills on retiree funds, CBDCs, mining 2025-05-23 at 05:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Michigan lawmakers have introduced four crypto-related bills covering crypto mining, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and crypto in state retirement funds. Republican state Representative Bill Schuette introduced House Bill 4510 on May 21, which would amend […]

Suspected creeps behind DanaBot malware that hit 300K+ computers revealed 2025-05-23 at 04:50 By Iain Thomson And the associated fraud’n’spy botnet is about to be shut down The US Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against 16 people accused of spreading and using the DanaBot remote-control malware that infected more than 300,000 computers, plus operating […]

Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can’t resist attacking its buggy kit 2025-05-23 at 04:01 By Jessica Lyons If it ain’t broke? A suspected Chinese government spy group is behind the rash of attacks that exploit two Ivanti bugs that can be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), according […]

US Navy sailor charged in horrific child sextortion case 2025-05-23 at 03:32 By Iain Thomson Blackmailed teen allegedly scared into carving his handle onto her arm The FBI has filed an affidavit detailing how it identified a US Navy man who was allegedly distributing child sex abuse material (CSAM) through Discord.… This article is an […]

Feds finger Russian behind Qakbot malware that hit 700,000 computers 2025-05-23 at 01:32 By Jessica Lyons The FBI thought they shut this all down in 2023, but the duck quacked again Uncle Sam on Thursday unsealed criminal charges and a civil forfeiture case against a Russian national accused of leading the cybercrime ring behind Qakbot, […]

US tourist drugged by fake Uber driver and robbed of $123K BTC — Report 2025-05-23 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill An American tourist in the United Kingdom was reportedly drugged by an individual posing as a taxi driver, who stole the tourist’s $123,000 in Bitcoin stored on a cell phone. According to a […]

XRP price fails to respond to two extremely bullish developments — Here is why 2025-05-23 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: The SEC’s decision on a spot XRP ETF could ignite a significant rally. The current $2.2 billion in XRP futures hints at growing institutional investor demand. The two most bullish events […]