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Decentralized OORT AI data hits top ranks on Google Kaggle 2025-05-14 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski An artificial intelligence training image data set developed by decentralized AI solution provider OORT saw considerable success on Google’s platform Kaggle. OORT’s Diverse Tools Kaggle data set listing was released in early April; since then, it has climbed to […]

Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security 2025-05-14 at 15:34 By Simon Sharwood No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: ‘Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale’ Patch Tuesday has rolled around again, but if you don’t rush to implement the feast of fixes it delivered, your security […]

How to spot a fake crypto investment platform: 10 red flags 2025-05-14 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Max Moeller Key takeaways Fake crypto investment platforms give themselves away in a few obvious ways. Many use fake reviews, incorrect contact information and unrealistic promises to lure you in. The best approach is a healthy dose of […]

Bitcoin more of a ‘diversifier’ than safe-haven asset: Report 2025-05-14 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin’s fluctuating correlation with US equities is raising questions about its role as a global safe-haven asset during periods of financial stress. Bitcoin (BTC) exhibited a strong negative correlation with the US stock market when analyzing the short-term, […]

Europe plots escape hatch from the enshittification of search 2025-05-14 at 14:33 By Liam Proven Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful As search engines are intentionally made worse, and software grows ever bigger and more complex, a possibly unexpected ally emerges: the European Union.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

Learning How to Hack: Why Offensive Security Training Benefits Your Entire Security Team 2025-05-14 at 14:20 By Organizations across industries are experiencing significant escalations in cyberattacks, particularly targeting critical infrastructure providers and cloud-based enterprises. Verizon’s recently released 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report found an 18% YoY increase in confirmed breaches, with the exploitation of vulnerabilities […]

Earth Ammit Breached Drone Supply Chains via ERP in VENOM, TIDRONE Campaigns 2025-05-14 at 14:20 By A cyber espionage group known as Earth Ammit has been linked to two related but distinct campaigns from 2023 to 2024 targeting various entities in Taiwan and South Korea, including military, satellite, heavy industry, media, technology, software services, and […]

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 […]