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In recent years, cryptocurrency theft operations have evolved far beyond isolated phishing pages and fake NFT mint scams. What once consisted mainly of individual actors running malicious wallet-connection pages has increasingly developed into a structured underground service economy built around “Drainer-as-a-Service” (DaaS) platforms. Unlike traditional malware operations, crypto drainers typically rely on social engineering rather than device compromise. Victims are lured to fake crypto, NFT, airdrop, or DeFi websites and asked to connect their wallets. Once a malicious transaction or wallet signature is approved, the drainer can transfer cryptocurrency assets directly from the victim’s wallet, often within seconds. An analysis…

Liam Price has no background in formal mathematics and hasn’t started university yet, but last month he achieved a notable breakthrough in mathematical research — using ChatGPT as his tool. AI is threatening science jobs. Which ones are most at risk? Working from his home in southwest England, Price guided the widely-used AI tool to crack Erdős problem #1196 — one of over 1,000 puzzles gathered by the Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős (1913–1996) during his lifetime. What sets this AI-assisted solution apart from other AI-generated mathematical results is that it employed an approach that caught experts off guard (B. Alexeev…

NEW YORK (AP) — On Wednesday, a House committee voiced strong bipartisan backing for guaranteeing that Transportation Security Administration employees receive wages during any upcoming government shutdowns and have access to up-to-date technology. The discussion took place as the Trump administration pushes to transition airport screening duties to private companies. The House Committee on Homeland Security hosted a hearing centered on how to modernize the TSA, just over 25 years after its formation following the September 11 attacks. However, concerns over the well-being of TSA workers who missed paychecks during three separate funding gaps starting October 1, and who the…

By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.Comminent has shipped more than 500,000 Wi-SUN-compliant communication modules using Silicon Labs’ EFR32FG28 wireless SoC, a milestone tied to India’s smart energy metering rollout. The announcement is notable because it sits at the intersection of national RF mesh standardization, utility-scale AMI deployment and embedded security requirements.One of the hardest problems to address with smart metering is building a field-area network that can cope with dense urban installations, dispersed rural assets, utility security requirements and long operating lifecycles without locking every participant into a proprietary communications stack.That is the context behind Comminent’s shipment…

Across the U.S., manufacturers are struggling to find skilled workers ready to handle the demands of today’s shop floors. While the need for qualified talent continues to intensify, traditional education programs frequently fall short of meeting industry’s immediate requirements. Initiatives such as America’s Cutting Edge (ACE) are stepping in to bridge this divide by delivering fast-paced, practical training that equips people for manufacturing positions in days rather than the years traditional programs require. ACE, a nationwide workforce development effort backed by IACMI, pairs online coursework with in-person instruction to introduce learners to essential manufacturing principles. The curriculum emphasizes applied skills…

What is a Forward Deployed Engineer? The term ‘Forward Deployed Engineer’ (FDE) sounds military. That is intentional. A Forward Deployed Engineer is a software engineer who works embedded with the customer’s technical and operational environment on-site, hybrid, remote, or inside a customer cloud or VPC, depending on the engagement. The FDE does not sit at a home office writing documentation. The FDE works alongside the client’s domain experts, inside the client’s workflows, and writes real code that runs in the client’s production systems. The role differs from traditional advisory consulting because FDEs own implementation and production delivery. Consultants write reports…

In brief DeFi protocols have lost over $1 billion in the first five months of 2026, with April alone bleeding more than $600 million across Drift, Kelp DAO, and a dozen smaller hits. North Korea-linked actors accounted for 76% of global crypto hack losses through April 2026, up from 64% in 2025 and under 10% in 2020, per TRM Labs. AI is lowering the bar for exploit discovery, experts say, with older and unverified smart contracts increasingly targeted by automated reconnaissance. It’s been one of the worst years on record for DeFi hacks, and we’re barely halfway through.In the first…

Ravie LakshmananMay 21, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News This week starts small. A token leaks. A bad package slips in. A login trick works. An old tool shows up again. At first, it feels like the usual mess. Then you see the pattern: attackers are not always breaking in. They are using the parts we already trust. That is what makes it worrying. The danger is in normal things now – updates, apps, cloud buttons, support chats, trusted accounts. AI does not make the attacks magic. It just helps people try more things, faster. Here’s what showed up this week.…

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Haifeng Liao, Senior Infrastructure Engineer at NetEase Games and Xiang Zhang, Head of AI Infrastructure at NetEase Games CNCF projects highlighted in this post At NetEase Games, we learned a hard lesson about large language model (LLM) inference in production: elastic compute is only useful if data can move just as fast. “Elastic compute is only useful if data can move just as fast.” On paper, serverless GPU infrastructure looked like a good fit for inference workloads. Game traffic is bursty, peaks differ by title and time of day, and reserving GPU capacity for…

alvarez/E+ via GettyFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysPrice is usually not the biggest barrier for home battery buyersBatteries can boost home value, even if you’re planning to moveOutage frequency and power usage are key factors to considerSticker shock is real when it comes to buying a home battery, especially if you’re thinking about whole-home backup. After dozens of conversations with homeowners, it’s become clear that price is only one part of the story. For many, buying a battery evolves from just an idea to a serious necessity after one too many frustrating moments. A long power outage,…