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Horabot Malware Targets 6 Latin American Nations Using Invoice-Themed Phishing Emails 2025-05-14 at 14:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that’s being used to distribute malware called Horabot targeting Windows users in Latin American countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. The campaign is “using crafted emails that impersonate invoices […]

Kazakhstan to become ‘Central Asia’s crypto hub’ with reforms: Minister 2025-05-14 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Kazakhstan has the potential to become a leading crypto hub in Central Asia if regulatory restrictions are eased, according to Kanysh Tuleushin, the country’s first vice minister of digital development, innovation and aerospace industry. In a recent […]

Strategy will beat all public equities with Bitcoin, analyst says 2025-05-14 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Michael Saylor’s Strategy, one of the world’s largest corporate holders of Bitcoin, could become the top publicly traded equity one day, according to a Strategy analyst. Strategy will be the “number one publicly traded equity in the […]

SEC delays Solana ETF as decisions for Polkadot, XRP loom 2025-05-14 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back its decision on a proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF), with the cryptocurrency industry now looking to the deadlines for the Polkadot and XRP-based ETFs in June. […]

C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards 2025-05-14 at 13:46 By Paul Kunert CEO Pichai slumming it on a measly $10.725M compared to lieutenants The C-suite at Google’s parent Alphabet collectively scooped up more than $215 million in compensation for 2024, and the CEO was the worst paid among them.… This article is […]

Asia’s wealthy shifting from US dollar to crypto, gold, China: UBS 2025-05-14 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas High-net-worth clients across Asia are gradually pivoting away from US dollar-based investments, favoring gold, cryptocurrencies and Chinese assets instead, according to financial services giant UBS Group. “Gold is getting very popular,” Amy Lo, the Swiss bank’s […]

Everyone’s deploying AI, but no one’s securing it – what could go wrong? 2025-05-14 at 12:31 By Connor Jones Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference CYBERUK  Peter Garraghan – CEO of Mindgard and professor of distributed systems at Lancaster University – asked the CYBERUK audience for a show of hands: […]

Ex-SEC Chair Gary Gensler privately supported crypto — McHenry 2025-05-14 at 12:08 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler may not have been as hostile to crypto behind closed doors as he appeared to be in public, according to former US Representative Patrick McHenry. In a May […]

Standard Chartered scales institutional crypto banking with FalconX 2025-05-14 at 12:08 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Global bank Standard Chartered has beefed up its banking support to the cryptocurrency industry by inking a new partnership with the crypto prime broker FalconX. Standard Chartered will provide a comprehensive suite of banking services to FalconX’s global institutional […]

Bitcoin miners halt sales as BTC gains 20% since hash ribbon ‘buy’ signal 2025-05-14 at 12:08 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin miners have stopped selling their BTC in what may signal the end of a lengthy distribution streak. Over the past month, miner wallet balances have increased by around 2,700 BTC. Hash […]

Microsoft Fixes 78 Flaws, 5 Zero-Days Exploited; CVSS 10 Bug Impacts Azure DevOps Server 2025-05-14 at 12:01 By Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 78 security flaws across its software lineup, including a set of five zero-days that have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 78 flaws resolved […]

Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project 2025-05-14 at 11:36 By Lindsay Clark Troubled state biz tenders £410M software and DC-to-cloud migration plan, goodbye to Fujitsu on the Horizon The UK Post Office has confirmed it is ending in-house efforts to replace the troubled Horizon accounting and point of sale system as it launches […]

Alarm bells ring in US over OpenAI’s crypto project World 2025-05-14 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood World Network, the digital identity and crypto project of Sam Altman’s OpenAI, has alarmed privacy activists ahead of its United States launch, with observers concerned over its data collection and protection practices. World “is the opposite of […]

Kima joins Mastercard sandbox to enable stablecoin card top-ups 2025-05-14 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Decentralized settlement protocol Kima has integrated into Mastercard’s sandbox program, enabling stablecoin-powered top-ups for prepaid cards directly from self-custody wallets. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Mastercard partners can now rely on Kima’s settlement infrastructure to enable […]

EuroHPC lines up AI upgrade for Leonardo supercomputer 2025-05-14 at 10:48 By Dan Robinson And it’s Eviden who has no reason to moan over LISA upgrade – though questions over funding remain Italy’s Leonardo supercomputer is to get an AI upgrade to beef up support for the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) and multi-modal […]

Synthetix makes $27M bid to re-acquire crypto options platform Derive 2025-05-14 at 10:12 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Decentralized finance platform Synthetix is planning to venture further into crypto derivatives with plans to re-acquire the crypto options platform Derive. Synthetix said in a May 14 blog post that it plans to acquire Derive in a […]

Semler Scientific sees after-hours stock slump as Q1 revenue plunges 2025-05-14 at 10:12 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Bitcoin-buying medical device firm Semler Scientific has seen its share price drop after the bell as its first-quarter revenues fell and losses deepened from the year-ago quarter. In its Q1 earnings report released May 13, Semler reported […]

Former execs of crypto lender Cred cop to wire fraud 2025-05-14 at 10:12 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Two former executives of the bankrupt crypto lending service Cred have pleaded guilty to wire fraud connected to the company’s collapse. Former Cred CEO Daniel Schatt and chief financial officer Joseph Podulka admitted to wire fraud as […]

Ransomware scum have put a target on the no man’s land between IT and operations 2025-05-14 at 09:47 By Jessica Lyons Defenses are weaker, and victims are more likely to pay, SANS warns Criminals who attempt to damage critical infrastructure are increasingly targeting the systems that sit between IT and operational tech.… This article is […]

Thailand to tokenize $150M government bonds for retail investors: Report 2025-05-14 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Thailand’s Ministry of Finance reportedly plans to issue $150 million worth of digital investment tokens, allowing retail investors to buy government bonds. The Bangkok Post reported on May 13 that Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira announced the initiative […]