April 2026

Claude Code cache confusion as Anthropic tweaks defaults, but quotas still drain 2026-04-13 at 18:44 By Tim Anderson Dev reports suggest long sessions now burn through usage much faster Anthropic last month reduced the TTL (time to live) for the Claude Code prompt cache from one hour to five minutes for many requests, but said […]

FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts 2026-04-13 at 18:44 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with the Indonesian National Police, has dismantled the infrastructure associated with a global phishing operation that leveraged an off-the-shelf toolkit called W3LL to steal thousands of victims’ account credentials and attempt

Notepad sheds Copilot from toolbar as Microsoft gives subtlety a try 2026-04-13 at 18:03 By Richard Speed AI gubbins still there, just tucked under ‘Writing Tools’ Copilot is on its way out of Notepad, but a return to the basic text editor is not on the cards.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Booking.com warns reservation data may have checked out with intruders 2026-04-13 at 17:32 By Carly Page Travel giant says names, contact details, dates, and hotel messages potentially exposed Booking.com is warning customers that their reservation details may have been exposed to unknown attackers, in the latest reminder that the travel giant still can’t quite keep

Microsoft attempts to untangle ‘confusing’ Windows Insider program 2026-04-13 at 17:32 By Richard Speed Controlled Feature Rollouts headed for the trash among other changes Microsoft is giving the Windows Insider program another makeover in the hope of making it less baffling.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Veterans Affairs has lost track of software licenses amid $985M bill 2026-04-13 at 17:31 By Lindsay Clark Department putting systems in place to manage ‘restrictive licensing practices’ A federal spending watchdog has found the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faced “challenges” in understanding the correct number of licenses it should hold for the top five

⚡ Weekly Recap: Fiber Optic Spying, Windows Rootkit, AI Vulnerability Hunting and More 2026-04-13 at 17:31 By Monday is back, and the weekend’s backlog of chaos is officially hitting the fan. We are tracking a critical zero-day that has been quietly living in your PDFs for months, plus some aggressive state-sponsored meddling in infrastructure that is finally

UK defense startup to supply drone interceptors for Britain and allies 2026-04-13 at 15:44 By Dan Robinson MoD plans rapid procurement of Cambridge Aerospace’s Skyhammer system at home and abroad Britain is set to buy interceptors from a homegrown startup to counter Iranian Shahed-style attack drones, equipping both its own armed forces and allies in

Adobe finally patches PDF pest after months of abuse 2026-04-13 at 15:44 By Carly Page Reader and Acrobat flaw let booby-trapped documents profile targets and hijack machines Adobe has released a fix for an Acrobat and Reader zero-day that attackers had been exploiting for months.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Gym giant Basic-Fit confirms data on a million members stolen in cyberattack 2026-04-13 at 15:44 By Connor Jones Names, addresses, dates of birth, and bank details accessed, though not passwords Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest gym chain, has confirmed data including the bank details of around a million customers was stolen from its systems.… This article is

Rockstar Games gets a taste of grand theft data amid ShinyHunters threat of ‘Pay or leak’ 2026-04-13 at 15:44 By Carly Page Gang claims it accessed Snowflake metrics via third-party tool ShinyHunters is back, this time pinning Rockstar Games to its leak site and claiming it didn’t so much hack its way in as walk