April 2026

CISA Adds 8 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets April-May 2026 Federal Deadlines 2026-04-21 at 12:56 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including three flaws impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is

Task Manager’s CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it 2026-04-21 at 12:15 By Richard Speed Spoiler: There’s no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffee Windows has always had a built-in portal to the very recent past: Task Manager’s CPU usage meter.…

Adaptavist Group breach spawns imposter emails as ransomware crew claims mega-haul 2026-04-21 at 11:30 By Carly Page Fake emails already doing the rounds as ransomware crew boasts about what it allegedly stole UK enterprise software consultancy The Adaptavist Group is investigating a security breach after an intruder logged in with stolen credentials, while a ransomware

NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won’t be ready for Moon landing 2026-04-21 at 07:18 By Simon Sharwood Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the mess The NASA Office of Inspector General, the aerospace agency’s auditor, fears that work on next-generation spacesuits won’t finish in time to use them for the planned

Microsoft’s GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch 2026-04-21 at 03:57 By Thomas Claburn Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we’ve got a new deal that’s better for us. Microsoft’s GitHub has stopped accepting new Copilot individual subscriptions while the code hosting biz figures out how it can meet

Vibe coding upstart Lovable denies data leak, cites ‘intentional behavior,’ then throws HackerOne under the bus 2026-04-21 at 03:57 By Jessica Lyons A lesson in how not to respond to vulnerability reports Vibe-coding platform Lovable is pooh-poohing a researcher’s finding that anyone could open a free account on the service and read other users’ sensitive

Trump-branded datacenter project fails to make itself great, again 2026-04-21 at 02:17 By O’Ryan Johnson The struggles continue for Fermi America’s 17 GW bit barn ambitions It’s been a weekend filled with dizzying changes in the boardroom at datacenter wannabe Fermi America as it hopes eventually to expand its West Texas campus to about 17

World’s blandest man steps down from CEO job to spend more time in tastefully appointed home 2026-04-21 at 02:17 By Matt Rosoff Tim Cook is handing the reins to John Ternus at Apple Have you heard? Apple’s Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years leading the iMaker’s business. He’ll become executive chairman and hand

Chase got a spiff of $77 million to create one job with New York datacenter 2026-04-21 at 02:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn’t paint entire picture of datacenter’s economic benefit When Rockland County, New York, approved nearly $77 million in tax breaks for JPMorgan Chase’s datacenter expansion in