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Christopher Kayser, social engineering expert and president of Canadian-based firm Cybercrime Analytics, says the attack plays on two tactics favored by threat actors: obedience (cut and paste this URL) and trust (this looks like a Microsoft login page). “People think because they are on a trusted [Microsoft] platform that this is OK,” he said in an interview. But this attack also shows the failures of security awareness training that many organizations perform. If training is effective, employees should suspect there’s something wrong when an app asks for a business email address to confirm they are human, he said, and know…
Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud.In a Thursday hearing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Paul Engelmayer ordered that Kwon serve 15 years in prison for his role in the collapse of Terraform, which wiped out about $40 billion from the crypto market in 2022. He will receive credit for time served in the US and 17 months of pre-extradition custody.Prior to making his decision on sentencing, Engelmayer heard from some of Terraform’s victims…
Taylor Swift is not easing into 2025. She is storming through it with high glamour, commanding energy, and an unapologetic embrace of her own star power. That was on full display during her arrival at The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, a taping that quickly became a viral fashion moment before Swift even stepped inside the studio. Swift descended on Manhattan like a headline in motion, delivering a tease of skin, sparkle, and showmanship that only the most powerful pop star in the world could pull off. Taylor Swift is in New York on Colbert is strutting her power, glamour,…
By Adrian H. Halili, Reporter THE Philippines and the US held joint maritime exercises in the contested South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday, aiming to strengthen naval coordination and interoperability amid rising regional tensions. For the drills, the Philippine Navy deployed the BRP Jose Rizal, three FA-50 fighter jets, three A-29B Super Tucano aircraft, a Black Hawk helicopter, and a Sokol helicopter. “These assets demonstrated the Philippines’ expanding operational readiness and its growing ability to integrate with allied forces in complex maritime scenarios,” the AFP said. The US contingent included the USS Rafael…
This piece is featured in the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine, The Freedom Issue. We’re sharing it here as a sample of the ideas explored throughout the full issue. On November 3, 2025, the freedom for developers to build financial privacy software is on trial. Samourai Wallet was a Bitcoin privacy wallet developed by Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. It included specialized privacy tools that mixed the coins of wallet users in ways that required no third-party custody. The service’s servers helped coordinate “mixing” — methods to conceal the origin of coins and offer users some degree of forward…
With DEVCON1 a mere week away, the teams are excited and preparing to share all the great tools and technology the ecosystem has to offer. There will be hundreds of developers and dozens of talks including Nick Szabo, Vitalik Buterin, and Marley Gray from Microsoft. Tickets are limited and we anticipate selling out, so if you haven’t already registered, head on over to https://devcon.ethereum.org to secure your spot now! cpp-ethereum TurboEthereum released 1.0.0 of the C++ tools. Work has been done on state trie pruning and upgrading network protocols (PV 62 & 63). Several Mix bugs have been fixed and…
Introduction — Why Cloud ETH Mining Is Surging in 2025Ethereum continues to dominate the smart-contract economy, powering thousands of decentralized applications, L2 networks, and restaking protocols. As ETH demand grows, more users are turning toward cloud Ethereum mining—a simplified model that removes the burden of hardware costs, electricity bills, and maintenance.Search interest for terms like “Ethereum cloud mining 2025,” “ETH mining without hardware,” “daily ETH earnings,” and “free cloud mining hash power” has climbed sharply this year. Investors now prefer platforms that offer verifiable hash power, transparent contract cycles, and real daily payouts.Among these platforms, AutoHash stands out. Its Swiss…
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Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI as the company’s chief revenue officer, multiple sources tell WIRED. Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, which owns Slack, shared news of Dresser’s departure in a message to staff on Monday evening.At OpenAI, Dresser will manage the company’s enterprise unit, which has been growing rapidly this year. She will report to chief operating officer Brad Lightcap. She starts next week.“We’re on a path to put AI tools into the hands of millions of workers, across every industry,” said OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo in a statement to…
China Commission Urges Action on Transnational Repression