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Curl project founder snaps over deluge of time-sucking AI slop bug reports 2025-05-07 at 13:55 By Connor Jones Lead dev likens flood to ‘effectively being DDoSed’ Curl project founder Daniel Stenberg is fed up with of the deluge of AI-generated “slop” bug reports and recently introduced a checkbox to screen low-effort submissions that are draining […]

Play Ransomware Exploited Windows CVE-2025-29824 as Zero-Day to Breach U.S. Organization 2025-05-07 at 13:55 By Threat actors with links to the Play ransomware family exploited a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day as part of an attack targeting an unnamed organization in the United States. The attack, per the Symantec Threat […]

Ransomware Attackers Leveraged Privilege Escalation Zero-day 2025-05-07 at 13:31 By Threat Hunter Team Exploit used by Play-linked attackers targets the CVE-2025-29824 zero-day vulnerability patched on April 8. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Ransomware Attackers Leveraged Privilege Escalation Zero-day 2025-05-07 at 13:31 By Threat Hunter Team Exploit used by Play-linked attackers targets the CVE-2025-29824 zero-day vulnerability patched on April 8. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Ransomware Attackers Leveraged Privilege Escalation Zero-day 2025-05-07 at 13:31 By Threat Hunter Team Exploit used by Play-linked attackers targets the CVE-2025-29824 zero-day vulnerability patched on April 8. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Ethereum’s Pectra network upgrade goes live today: What to expect 2025-05-07 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Ethereum — the network that unleashed smart contracts on the world — moves on to the next chapter with today’s Pectra upgrade, but what does it really mean? Pectra is scheduled to go live on Ethereum mainnet […]

Microsoft moved the goalposts once. Will Windows 12 bring another shift? 2025-05-07 at 12:38 By Richard Speed Windows 11’s hardware requirements: Sales ploy or security play? Comment  Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has weighed in on the increasingly heated discussion regarding the impending end of Windows 10. Are Windows 11’s hardware requirements all about security […]

Hacken CEO sees ‘no shift’ in crypto security as April hacks hit $357M 2025-05-07 at 12:16 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Despite the $1.4 billion lost in the recent Bybit hack, crypto companies have not changed their approach to cybersecurity, according to Hacken CEO Dyma Budorin.  In an interview with Cointelegraph at the Token2049 event […]

Bhutan launches tourism crypto payments with Binance Pay and DK Bank 2025-05-07 at 12:16 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Bhutan, known for investments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, has launched a tourism crypto payment system in partnership with Binance Pay and DK Bank. The system allows Bhutan travelers with Binance accounts to pay for services like […]

Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support 2025-05-07 at 11:35 By Liam Proven Get in the bin: For the first time since 2012, some older CPU generations are being chopped Kernel 6.15 is taking shape and it looks like it will eliminate support for Intel’s 486 chip and its contemporaries.… This article is […]

Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times 2025-05-07 at 11:35 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerades as a seemingly harmless Discord-related utility but incorporates a remote access trojan. The package in question is discordpydebug, which was uploaded to PyPI on […]

Tether launches on Kaia, brings USD₮ to LINE’s 196M user ecosystem 2025-05-07 at 11:05 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Tether has deployed its flagship stablecoin, USD₮, on the Kaia blockchain as part of a broader collaboration with Line Next, the Web3 arm of Line, Japan’s popular messaging platform with over 196 million monthly active users. […]

Metaplanet reaches 5,555 Bitcoin milestone with latest 555 BTC buy 2025-05-07 at 11:05 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Japan’s Metaplanet purchased an additional 555 Bitcoin as part of its aggressive accumulation strategy, bringing its total holdings to 5,555 BTC, valued at over $536 million at current prices. On May 7, the Tokyo-listed firm disclosed that […]

Bitcoin pushes for $98K as 2025 Fed rate cut odds flip ‘pessimistic’ 2025-05-07 at 11:05 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin and gold trade in lockstep on low timeframes as macro volatility triggers heighten. The Federal Reserve interest rate decision and news conference are just hours away. Market sentiment for rate cuts in […]

Top sci-fi convention gets an earful from authors after using AI to screen panelists 2025-05-07 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn Leave it to the Borg? Scribe David D. Levine slams ‘use of planet-destroying plagiarism machines’ Fans and writers of science fiction are not necessarily enthusiastic about artificial intelligence – especially when it’s used to vet […]

Bigger Bitcoin wallets are stacking while others sell: Santiment 2025-05-07 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Key takeaways: Large Bitcoin holders have accumulated 81,338 BTC over the past six weeks, showing confidence in a future price uptrend. Wallets with less than 0.1 BTC sold around 290 BTC, indicating smaller retail investors are either panic […]

Voltage Finance exploiter moves $182K in ETH to Tornado Cash 2025-05-07 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A hacker involved in the $4.67 million exploit of the decentralized finance lending protocol Voltage Finance in 2022 has moved some of the stolen Ether to Tornado Cash after a short hibernation.  Blockchain security firm CertiK said […]

NSO Group Fined $168M for Targeting 1,400 WhatsApp Users With Pegasus Spyware 2025-05-07 at 09:46 By A federal jury on Tuesday decided that NSO Group must pay Meta-owned WhatsApp WhatsApp approximately $168 million in monetary damages, more than four months after a federal judge ruled that the Israeli company violated U.S. laws by exploiting WhatsApp […]

Citrix finds new use for virtualization: Avoiding PC price hikes caused by tariffs 2025-05-07 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Seeing as the company’s CEO is big at DOGE, this is delicious World War Fee  Citrix has found a new use for virtualization: Avoiding tariffs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source