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September 18, 2026

North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30,000 devices — theregister.com

North Korea's employment scams work both ways. As well as placing fraudulent IT workers inside Western companies, regime-backed cybercriminals have posed as recruiters to infect more than 30,000 devices and steal over $10 million, according to an

Onchain finance is coming to Wall Street—and ignoring it is no longer an option — fortune.com

For almost a decade, the crypto industry has promised to reinvent global finance and bring millions “onchain.” Despite generating some truly innovative products, the industry has yet to attain those lofty goals. But now something different has arrived: A

Good Intentions Paved the Road to the 2008 Financial Crisis — thedailyeconomy.org

This week marks the eighteenth anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers, a key event of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC). Lehman’s failure and the GFC more broadly were dramatic economic events. At the time, Lehman Brothers was the largest

Before the final midterm whistle, Senate spends time on sports — rollcall.com

The last thing the Senate does before the midterms could be a bill on college athletics. It’s been on the to-do list for a while, but as senators think about their closing message ahead of the election, not everyone is sure it’s the best call. Many