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Qilin Leads April 2025 Ransomware Spike with 45 Breaches Using NETXLOADER Malware 2025-05-08 at 17:03 By Threat actors with ties to the Qilin ransomware family have leveraged malware known as SmokeLoader along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled loader codenamed NETXLOADER as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. “NETXLOADER is a new .NET-based […]

Arista cats purr over $2B quarter while tariff time bomb ticks 2025-05-08 at 16:29 By Dan Robinson Networking biz cashes in on AI hysteria, warns trade tensions could disrupt supply and margins World War Fee  Arista Networks is warning investors of the fear, uncertainty and doubt caused by the Trump administration’s shifting trade policies.… This […]

Ethereum price finally ‘breaking out,’ data suggests — Is $3K ETH next? 2025-05-08 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Ether breaks multimonth downtrend as traders target $3,000 ETH price. Ethereum TVL surges 41% to $52.8 billion in 30 days, with a 22% rise in daily transactions to 1.34 million, signaling strong network […]

Sweat wallet adds AI assistant, expands to multichain DeFi 2025-05-08 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Lyne Qian Sweat, a move-to-earn platform that rewards users for physical activity, has launched a personalized AI agent and expanded its multichain infrastructure. The update is designed to improve user onboarding by offering interactive guidance and simplifying asset management across […]

Bitcoin DeFi sees surge in mining participation despite drop in TVL 2025-05-08 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Smart contract platform Rootstock, the home of decentralized finance (DeFi) on Bitcoin, saw a sharp increase in network security and mining engagement in the first quarter of 2025, even as activity cooled. Merged mining participation surged […]

Nvidia boss gets 45% pay bump, but is the billionaire happy? 2025-05-08 at 15:38 By Paul Kunert Jenson Huang’s compensation package swells to $49.8M, firm reveals younger Huangs on the payroll too The gods of executive pay smiled on Nvidia’s chief executive in the last full financial year, awarding him a 45 percent bump in […]

CISA Warns of Cyberattacks Against Critical Oil and Gas Infrastructure 2025-05-08 at 15:24 By CISA, along with other government entities, has issued a warning about cyberattacks targeting the nation’s critical oil and natural gas infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Doodles NFT sales surge 97% ahead of DOOD token airdrop 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Doodles’ non-fungible token (NFTs) sales surged by 97% in the last 24 hours as digital collectible traders anticipate the project’s token generation event and airdrop.  On May 8, data from CryptoSlam showed Doodles NFT sales topping $1.1 […]

Microsoft-backed Space and Time mainnet launches with major builders 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Space and Time, a blockchain project supported by Microsoft, has launched its public, permissionless mainnet to bring zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data infrastructure to crypto applications. Built by MakeInfinite Labs, Space and Time offers a decentralized, verifiable database for smart […]

MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public institutions in Japan and Taiwan. The activity, detected by Trend Micro in March […]

Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does 2025-05-08 at 15:04 By 61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place. This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a […]

The 12 KB that Windows just can’t seem to quit 2025-05-08 at 14:48 By Richard Speed Icons from a more civilized time Windows deposits a huge number of files onto a user’s PC, some of which are essential for the operating system, and others that are a reminder of gentler times. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen […]

New bull cycle? Bitcoin’s return to $100K hints at ‘significant price move’ 2025-05-08 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin’s realized cap is beating records and has almost reached the $900 billion mark. The market is laying the foundations for a “potentially significant price breakout,” new analysis says. Profit-taking is not hindering […]

Pectra features already in use: Ethereum EIP-7702 wallets roll out 2025-05-08 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The Ethereum Pectra upgrade introduced a significant upgrade in account abstraction accessibility, with multiple wallets already implementing the change. Pectra introduced Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 7702, a change that Ivo Georgiev, founder and CEO of self-custodial smart […]

NASA JPL boss bails for ‘personal reasons’ as budget cuts bite 2025-05-08 at 13:50 By Richard Speed Laurie Leshin to leave in June Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is stepping down in June and will be replaced by JPL veteran David Gallagher.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Amazon touts Vulcan – its first robot with a sense of ‘touch’ 2025-05-08 at 12:47 By Iain Thomson Claims human warehouse workers will still live long and prosper Internet souk Amazon has unveiled a new robot for its warehouses and claims the machine uses a sense of “touch” to shift around 75 percent of the […]

ESA feeling weightless and unwanted amid proposed NASA cuts 2025-05-08 at 11:40 By Richard Speed Euro space agency insists it’s reliable and desirable in face of ‘abusive spouse’ NASA’s “skinny” budget has rattled its allies. After years of close cooperation, the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking jilted, while others describe the US space scene […]

Trump crypto adviser David Bailey raises $300M for Bitcoin investment firm 2025-05-08 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas David Bailey, CEO of crypto media company BTC Inc. and a close adviser to US President Donald Trump on digital assets, has reportedly raised $300 million to launch a new Bitcoin investment firm. The venture, named […]

60K Bitcoin addresses leaked as LockBit ransomware gang gets hacked 2025-05-08 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Almost 60,000 Bitcoin addresses tied to LockBit’s ransomware infrastructure were leaked after hackers breached the group’s dark web affiliate panel.  The leak included a MySQL database dump shared publicly online. It contained crypto-related information that could help […]

‘I see you’re running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?’ 2025-05-08 at 10:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dev creates official Clippy ‘love letter’ to query AI models on your box Clippy is back – and this time, its arrival on your desktop as a front-end for locally run LLMs has nothing to […]