Cybersecurity
A Brazilian banking malware operation called KREMLIN has been silently force-installing malicious extensions on Chrome and Edge since mid-2025, bypassing Chromium's cryptographic integrity checks to steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive user data, according to Elastic Security Labs.
Marc Sabatini · 3 DAYS AGO
Business & Finance
The Senate voted 50–49 on Tuesday to block the Clarity Act from advancing, falling short of the 60-vote threshold needed and leaving the crypto industry without a comprehensive regulatory framework heading into midterm season.
Sara Montes de Oca · 4 DAYS AGO
Politics
The White House has vetted candidates for four open CFTC commissioner seats, sources say, but whether nominations will move forward remains unclear as a key Senate vote on the Clarity Act crypto bill approaches on September 15.
TechEchelon Staff · 15 DAYS AGO
Politics
The Clarity Act, the crypto industry's most ambitious legislative push, faces a critical procedural Senate vote on Sept. 15 amid growing skepticism it can clear the 60-vote threshold before the midterm elections.
Sara Montes de Oca · 18 DAYS AGO
Cybersecurity
A price-manipulation attack on Tectonic, Cronos' largest lending protocol, allowed an attacker to borrow $74 million in assets by inflating the TONIC token price 100-fold. The attacker extracted roughly $6 million in Ethereum before Cronos halted and restored its blockchain.
Marc Sabatini · 19 DAYS AGO
Politics
An Anthropic-backed nonprofit has directed $500,000 to a PAC supporting Sen. Ed Markey in next Tuesday's Massachusetts Democratic primary, as Rep. Seth Moulton attacks the incumbent's familiarity with artificial intelligence.
Sara Montes de Oca · 22 DAYS AGO