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Malware Attack Targets World Uyghur Congress Leaders via Trojanized UyghurEdit++ Tool 2025-04-29 at 09:36 By In a new campaign detected in March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile have been targeted by a Windows-based malware that’s capable of conducting surveillance. The spear-phishing campaign involved the use of a trojanized […]

Zurich Uni’s secret AI experiment manipulated Redditors’ opinions 2025-04-29 at 09:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Researchers at the University of Zurich have been accused of undertaking an unauthorized four-month-long experiment on a Reddit board using artificial intelligence-generated comments to test whether AI could alter people’s opinions.  As part of the experiment, AI-powered accounts faked […]

Bankera founders used ICO funds on global property buys: Report 2025-04-29 at 09:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The founders of the crypto fintech firm Bankera used funds from the project’s 2018 initial coin offering to purchase luxury properties worldwide, according to a report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. The OCCRP reported […]

Amazon’s first 27 Kuiper broadband sats make it into orbit on an Atlas V 2025-04-29 at 08:42 By Simon Sharwood One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending Amazon’s first attempt to hoist production versions of its Project Kuiper broadband-beaming satellites appears to have succeeded.… This article is an […]

CISA Adds Actively Exploited Broadcom and Commvault Flaws to KEV Database 2025-04-29 at 08:21 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added two high-severity security flaws impacting Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS and Commvault Web Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The […]

Samourai Wallet, feds ask for time to mull dropping crypto mixer case 2025-04-29 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young US federal prosecutors and the co-founders of the crypto mixer Samourai Wallet have asked a court for more time to consider potentially dismissing the case after the Justice Department rolled back its crypto enforcement. Lawyers […]

How higher education can protect student data from cyber siege 2025-04-29 at 08:04 By Practical solutions to strengthen an educational institution’s defenses without overburdening staff or incurring significant expense. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Ray Dalio says global monetary order ‘on the brink’ of breakdown 2025-04-29 at 07:06 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Legendary investor Ray Dalio has said the world is “on the brink” of the global monetary order breaking down, which is being accelerated by the Trump administration’s tariff disruptions. The trade tensions are fracturing the monetary, […]

US dollar to face growing competition for stablecoin dominance: Tether co-founder 2025-04-29 at 07:06 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra While United States dollar-denominated stablecoins dominate the stablecoin and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization game, other competitors are coming into play, according to Tether co-founder Reeve Collins.  Speaking to Cointelegraph in Dubai, Collins said that while USD-backed […]

Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users 2025-04-29 at 06:28 By Simon Sharwood Whoever could be behind this attack on an ethnic minority China despises? Researchers at Canada’s Citizen Lab have spotted a phishing campaign and supply chain attack directed at Uyghur people living outside China, and suggest it’s an example […]

Mastercard links with Circle, Paxos for merchant stablecoin payments 2025-04-29 at 06:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Mastercard says it will allow merchants across its network to be paid with stablecoins in a partnership with payment processor Nuvei and stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos.  Through the venture, 150 million merchants across the Mastercard network will […]

Crypto group asks Trump to end prosecution of crypto devs, Roman Storm 2025-04-29 at 06:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The crypto lobby group, the DeFi Education Fund, has petitioned the Trump administration to end what it claimed was the “lawless prosecution” of open-source software developers, including Roman Storm, a creator of the crypto mixing […]

Ethereum Foundation shuffles leadership, splits board and management 2025-04-29 at 05:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Ethereum Foundation, which backs the development of the Ethereum blockchain, has overhauled its leadership structure to separate the responsibilities of its management team and board of directors. The board will act as the “security council to protect the […]

BONK price gains 60% in a week as Solana memecoins make a comeback 2025-04-29 at 04:05 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: BONK price is up 73% since April 22, hitting a five-month high of $0.00002167. BONK’s open interest surged 290% to $43.2 million.  Bonk (BONK), the second-largest Solana-based memecoin by market capitalization, is […]

Ex-Disney employee gets 3 years in the clink for goofy attacks on mousey menus 2025-04-29 at 03:34 By Thomas Claburn Florida man altered allergen info, DoSed former colleagues Former Disney employee Michael Scheuer was sentenced to 36 months in prison and fined almost $688,000 for screwing up a software application the entertainment giant used to […]

Cybersecurity CEO accused of running malware on hospital PC blabs about it on LinkedIn 2025-04-29 at 02:40 By Brandon Vigliarolo Sometimes, silence is the best option An Oklahoma City cybersecurity professional accused of installing spyware on a hospital PC confirmed on LinkedIn key details of the drama.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

MetaMask to launch self-custody crypto card with Mastercard 2025-04-29 at 02:04 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Wallet provider MetaMask is launching a crypto payments card that will allow users to spend self-custodied funds, offering crypto holders additional ways to use their tokens. The new card is backed by Mastercard and is being developed in partnership […]

Arizona legislature moves forward with Bitcoin reserve bills 2025-04-29 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Lawmakers in the Arizona House of Representatives have voted to pass two bills that could allow the state to adopt a reserve using Bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrencies. In a third reading on April 28 of the Senate Bill […]

Tether still dominates stablecoins despite competition — Nansen 2025-04-29 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Despite growing competition from emerging issuers, the stablecoin market remains largely dominated by a few key players. According to data from Web3 research firm Nansen, Tether’s USDt continues to lead among US dollar-pegged stablecoins, even as competition intensifies. As […]

How to survive as a CISO aka ‘chief scapegoat officer’ 2025-04-29 at 01:02 By Iain Thomson Whistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel RSAC  Chief security officers should negotiate personal liability insurance and a golden parachute when they start a new job – in case things […]