April 2026

Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers Push for US Privacy Protections

Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers Push for US Privacy Protections 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Associated Press Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails. The post Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers […]

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Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities

Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Ionut Arghire The flaws could allow attackers to bypass authentication or execute arbitrary code or commands via HTTP requests. The post Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Microsoft Issues Patches for SharePoint Zero-Day and 168 Other New Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Issues Patches for SharePoint Zero-Day and 168 Other New Vulnerabilities 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a record 169 security flaws across its product portfolio, including one vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. Of these 169 vulnerabilities, 157 are rated Important, eight are rated Critical, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated

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Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven’t warned users

Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven’t warned users 2026-04-15 at 11:06 By Jessica Lyons Researchers who found the flaws scored beer money bounties and warn the problem is probably pervasive Exclusive  Security researchers hijacked three popular AI agents that integrate with GitHub Actions by using a new

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Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don’t fly, presses ahead regardless

Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don’t fly, presses ahead regardless 2026-04-15 at 11:06 By Tobias Mann Needs SpaceX et al to drop prices and give competitors a ride into space to make it work A startup called Orbital has revealed a plan to build a 10,000-satellite neocloud in space – if Elon Musk

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The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out

The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out 2026-04-15 at 11:06 By Mark Pesce The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson think Opinion  Could the recent death of Meta’s unloved and unused Horizon Worlds signal the

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ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories

ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories 2026-04-15 at 11:03 By Eduard Kovacs Siemens, Schneider Electric, Aveva, Rockwell Automation, ABB, Phoenix Contact, Mitsubishi Electric, and Moxa patched vulnerabilities. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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North Korean hackers used AI-enabled social engineering in Zerion attack

North Korean hackers used AI-enabled social engineering in Zerion attack 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young It is the second long-term social-engineering attack this month, after the $280 million exploit of the Drift Protocol. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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X rolls out smart cashtags in US, Canada in step toward ‘everything app’

X rolls out smart cashtags in US, Canada in step toward ‘everything app’ 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Tat Thang, a partner at the prediction platform Polymarket, suggests X is building a Web3 equivalent of the Chinese WeChat Pay citing its recent moves to scrub crypto bots. This article is an excerpt

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Crypto users targeted in ‘elaborate’ scam using popular notes app

Crypto users targeted in ‘elaborate’ scam using popular notes app 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Elastic Security Labs says a multi-step social engineering scam is aimed at those in crypto and finance, using a community plugin feature on a note-taking app to spread malicious device-controlling software. This article is an excerpt from

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Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt

Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Simon Sharwood Supply chain and engineering woes keep the supply of new planes sputtering Boeing has delivered more commercial planes in a quarter than Airbus for the first time in

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OpenAI expands its cyber defense program with GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted researchers

OpenAI expands its cyber defense program with GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted researchers 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Sinisa Markovic Defending critical software has long depended on the ability to find and fix vulnerabilities faster than attackers can exploit them. OpenAI is expanding a program designed to give professional defenders prioritized access to AI tools built for that

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The exploit gap is closing, and your patch cycle wasn’t built for this

The exploit gap is closing, and your patch cycle wasn’t built for this 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz The Cloud Security Alliance has published a briefing on what it calls a turning point in the threat landscape: the time between a vulnerability being discovered and a working exploit is shrinking fast. The briefing centers

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Coordinated vulnerability disclosure is now an EU obligation, but cultural change takes time

Coordinated vulnerability disclosure is now an EU obligation, but cultural change takes time 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Nuno Rodrigues Carvalho, Head of Sector for Incident and Vulnerability Services at ENISA, discusses the recent CVE funding scare and what it exposed about the fragility of global vulnerability disclosure

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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model, GPT‑5.4, that’s specifically optimized for defensive cybersecurity use cases, days after rival Anthropic unveiled its own frontier model, Mythos. “The progressive use of AI accelerates defenders – those responsible for keeping systems, data,

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Bitcoiners propose freezing quantum-vulnerable coins in BIP-361

Bitcoiners propose freezing quantum-vulnerable coins in BIP-361 2026-04-15 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The authors described it as a “private incentive to upgrade” because lost or frozen coins will make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Iran conflict hints Bitcoin’s addressable market could exceed gold: Bitwise

Iran conflict hints Bitcoin’s addressable market could exceed gold: Bitwise 2026-04-15 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Bitwise’s Matt Hougan previously estimated that if Bitcoin captures 17% of the store-of-value market over the next decade, it could be worth $1 million a coin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Kraken boss signals IPO still in play despite reports of pause

Kraken boss signals IPO still in play despite reports of pause 2026-04-15 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Kraken’s market valuation has dropped from $20 billion to $13.3 billion since the company confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC in November. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab

Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab 2026-04-15 at 08:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec Misconfigured source code management platforms remain a common entry point in software supply chain attacks, and organizations often lack visibility into which settings put them at risk. Legitify, an open-source tool from Legit Security, addresses that gap by scanning

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Product showcase: Stop secrets from leaking through AI coding tools with GitGuardian

Product showcase: Stop secrets from leaking through AI coding tools with GitGuardian 2026-04-15 at 07:32 By Help Net Security AI coding assistants are quickly becoming part of everyday development. Tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot can now do more than suggest code. They can read files, run shell commands, and call external tools

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