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AI expert warns ‘machine-speed’ cyberthreats may require faster defenses than human-led responses

Artificial intelligence is changing cyberattacks from the work of individual hackers into coordinated operations potentially involving hundreds of autonomous agents, creating a speed problem that traditional human-led cybersecurity systems may struggle to match, according to AI cybersecurity expert Yagub Rahimov. Rahimov, founder and CEO of Polygraf AI, told FOX Business…

Researchers Propose Zcash-Style Bitcoin Privacy Without Soft Fork

Researchers at the cryptography research firm Alloc Init have proposed a system for bringing Zcash-style private transfers to Bitcoin without requiring a soft fork. The proposal, called Shielded Bitcoin, would conceal transaction amounts, senders, receivers and links to previously spent funds using encrypted notes and zero-knowledge proofs. The paper was published on Thursday by Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov and Aleksei Moskvin.The proposal offers a potential path to stronger privacy for Bitcoin users without requiring consensus changes…

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Bitget Suspects North Korea Behind 2M Hack

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said North Korean hackers may be behind the exchange’s $351.6 million security breach on Thursday, citing preliminary findings linking IP addresses to VPN services used by a North Korean group. Speaking during a live Q&A following the incident on X, Chen said security investigators had flagged similarities…

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