April 2026

Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang

Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Eduard Kovacs Angelo Martino of Florida has pleaded guilty to collaborating with the BlackCat cybercrime group while working as a ransomware negotiator. The post Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters

22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters 2026-04-21 at 20:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them. The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by

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Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023

Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023 2026-04-21 at 20:18 By A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, teamed up with the operators of the BlackCat ransomware starting in April

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Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords

Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Connor Jones Plus: Court papers reveal nonprofit paid a ransom worth nearly $26.8 million The third of three former ransomware negotiators accused of assisting the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang in extorting US businesses has pleaded guilty, months after his two co-workers

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FAA grounds Blue Origin’s New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery ‘mishap’

FAA grounds Blue Origin’s New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery ‘mishap’ 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Richard Speed One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resume Blue Origin’s New Glenn loss of a satellite has been classed as a “mishap” by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),

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A Closer Look at the Novel and Stealthy KarstoRAT Malware

A Closer Look at the Novel and Stealthy KarstoRAT Malware 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Chen Aviani For almost three decades now, threat actors have used remote access trojans (RATs) to monitor user activity and steal sensitive information and credentials. The RAT’s surreptitious nature has cemented its spot in malicious actors’ malware arsenal, and over the

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Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency

Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Sinisa Markovic A British national tied to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty to hacking multiple companies via SMS phishing and stealing over $8 million in virtual currency from US victims. Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, pleaded

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Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store

Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Ionut Arghire Masquerading as popular cryptocurrency wallets, the apps can hijack recovery phrases and private keys. The post Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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5 Places where Mature SOCs Keep MTTR Fast and Others Waste Time

5 Places where Mature SOCs Keep MTTR Fast and Others Waste Time 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Security teams often present MTTR as an internal KPI. Leadership sees it differently: every hour a threat dwells inside the environment is an hour of potential data exfiltration, service disruption, regulatory exposure, and brand damage.  The root cause of

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NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs

NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family called NGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and

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AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition tested: Gratuitous overkill with a price to match

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition tested: Gratuitous overkill with a price to match 2026-04-21 at 16:07 By Tobias Mann An $899 CPU? In this economy? Review  Ever since AMD’s cache-stacked Ryzen 7 5800X3D closed the gap with Intel in gaming, folks have wondered: if one V-Cache chiplet is good, surely two must be better.

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Ivanti Neurons AI automates IT operations, reducing manual work and security risk

Ivanti Neurons AI automates IT operations, reducing manual work and security risk 2026-04-21 at 16:07 By Industry News Ivanti has revealed new solution capabilities, focusing on enabling autonomous IT operations and organizations to secure their environments more efficiently at scale. With these advancements, Ivanti enables IT and security operations to detect, decide, and act autonomously

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Silobreaker Mimir adds agentic AI to intelligence workflows with governance and transparency

Silobreaker Mimir adds agentic AI to intelligence workflows with governance and transparency 2026-04-21 at 15:49 By Industry News Silobreaker has announced new agentic AI capabilities that combine faster research and deeper contextual analysis with built-in governance and transparency to ensure trusted intelligence can be safely consumed across the wider enterprise. Silobreaker Mimir is an embedded

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Unsecured Perforce Servers Expose Sensitive Data From Major Orgs

Unsecured Perforce Servers Expose Sensitive Data From Major Orgs 2026-04-21 at 15:49 By Eduard Kovacs Things are improving, but a researcher has still identified over 1,500 Perforce P4 instances allowing attackers to read files on the server. The post Unsecured Perforce Servers Expose Sensitive Data From Major Orgs appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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BitMEX taps Zodia Custody for off-exchange collateral trading

BitMEX taps Zodia Custody for off-exchange collateral trading 2026-04-21 at 15:29 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz BitMEX has partnered with Zodia Custody to enable institutional crypto derivatives trading via off-exchange collateral held in segregated custody. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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