April 2026

Microsoft developer chief Julia Liuson is logging off

Microsoft developer chief Julia Liuson is logging off 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Tim Anderson Departure may accelerate further AI-centric moves for programming tools Julia Liuson, president of Microsoft’s developer division (DevDiv), will resign at the end of June, though she will continue in an advisory role.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

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Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions

Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Corey Quinn The core product is solid and priced fairly I’ve spent over a decade telling anyone who’d listen that S3 is not a filesystem, which in retrospect was a really weird way to start

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Zephyr Energy loses £700K in cyber hit that rerouted contractor payment

Zephyr Energy loses £700K in cyber hit that rerouted contractor payment 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Carly Page Attackers slipped into the process and redirected funds, leaving the company scrambling to recover the cash UK-listed oil and gas outfit Zephyr Energy plc has admitted a cyber incident siphoned off roughly £700,000 after a single payment to

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OPSWAT adds predictive AI engine to MetaDefender for pre-execution threat detection

OPSWAT adds predictive AI engine to MetaDefender for pre-execution threat detection 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Industry News OPSWAT has announced OPSWAT Predictive Alin AI, its first proprietary AI-based threat detection engine for the MetaDefender Platform. This AI-based innovation introduces a new category of capability within the MetaDefender Platform, a high-confidence predictive layer that works alongside

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Acrobat Reader zero-day exploited in the wild for many months

Acrobat Reader zero-day exploited in the wild for many months 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Zeljka Zorz Unknown attackers have exploited a zero-day Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerability since November 2025 and possibly even earlier, security researcher Haifei Li has discovered. PDF files carry the exploit Haifei Li is one of the creators of EXPMON, a sandbox-based

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Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access

Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Ionut Arghire Dozens of such keys can be extracted from apps’ decompiled code to gain access to all Gemini endpoints. The post Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Ionut Arghire The bugs could allow attackers to modify protected resources and escalate their privileges to administrator. The post Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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The Hidden Security Risks of Shadow AI in Enterprises

The Hidden Security Risks of Shadow AI in Enterprises 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By As AI tools become more accessible, employees are adopting them without formal approval from IT and security teams. While these tools may boost productivity, automate tasks, or fill gaps in existing workflows, they also operate outside the visibility of security teams, bypassing controls and

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Adobe Reader Zero-Day Exploited via Malicious PDFs Since December 2025

Adobe Reader Zero-Day Exploited via Malicious PDFs Since December 2025 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Threat actors have been exploiting a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents since at least December 2025. The finding, detailed by EXPMON’s Haifei Li, has been described as a highly-sophisticated PDF exploit. The artifact (“Invoice540.pdf”) first appeared on

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Bitter-Linked Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists Across MENA Region

Bitter-Linked Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targets Journalists Across MENA Region 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX. Two of the targets included prominent Egyptian journalists

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South Korea court cancels Upbit suspension, citing regulatory gaps: Report

South Korea court cancels Upbit suspension, citing regulatory gaps: Report 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The decision closes a legal battle spanning more than a year, after Dunamu moved to overturn the sanction and halt its enforcement. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Bessent ramps up pressure on Congress to pass CLARITY Act

Bessent ramps up pressure on Congress to pass CLARITY Act 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the CLARITY Act is vital to set clear rules for crypto, tokenized assets and decentralized exchanges, and that US leadership is at stake. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF trails BlackRock with $30M in first-day inflows

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF trails BlackRock with $30M in first-day inflows 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF drew $30.6 million in first-day inflows, ranking second behind BlackRock’s IBIT as US spot Bitcoin ETFs clocked net outflows on Wednesday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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UK.gov’s top tech jobs pay more than prime minister earns

UK.gov’s top tech jobs pay more than prime minister earns 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By SA Mathieson DSIT hiring directors general with packages reaching £260K plus pension The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is recruiting three directors general to lead aspects of the UK government’s digital work, all on pay in excess of the

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Capita’s pension portal exposes civil servants’ private data

Capita’s pension portal exposes civil servants’ private data 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Paul Kunert As if the backlog, the bugs, and the chatbot fixes weren’t enough Capita has limited the online functionality of its Civil Service Pensions Scheme (CSPS) member portal after confirming an “issue” briefly exposed the personal data of public sector workers.… This

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UK to spend £15M on AI-powered crime mapping in knife violence crackdown

UK to spend £15M on AI-powered crime mapping in knife violence crackdown 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By SA Mathieson Home Office hopes tech will help cops target hotspots as ministers push to halve offenses The British government is spending £15 million over the next three years to improve crime mapping in England and Wales, partly to

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The Week in Vulnerabilities: OpenClaw, FreeBSD, F5 BIG-IP, and Critical ICS Bugs

The Week in Vulnerabilities: OpenClaw, FreeBSD, F5 BIG-IP, and Critical ICS Bugs 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Mihir Bagwe Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) weekly vulnerability report tracked 1,960 vulnerabilities last week, reflecting a continued surge in vulnerability disclosures across enterprise and cloud ecosystems. Of these, 248 vulnerabilities have publicly available Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploits, significantly

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Intruder expands cloud security with agentless container image scanning

Intruder expands cloud security with agentless container image scanning 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Industry News Intruder has announced the release of Container Image Scanning, a new upgrade to its cloud security capabilities that automatically scans container images for vulnerabilities, granting customers actionable insight into container risk without deploying and maintaining scanning agents across their estates.

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Advenica’s File Scanner Kiosk scans USB media for malware

Advenica’s File Scanner Kiosk scans USB media for malware 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Industry News Advenica announced the File Scanner Kiosk, a system that scans USB media for malware and helps businesses reduce infection risk. With the reliance on external media for file transfers, organisations face increased vulnerability to malware. The File Scanner Kiosk addresses

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WhatsApp brings long-awaited privacy feature to filter who can reach you

WhatsApp brings long-awaited privacy feature to filter who can reach you 2026-04-09 at 14:24 By Sinisa Markovic After years of waiting, WhatsApp is set to roll out a username feature that will allow people to connect and communicate without sharing their phone numbers. This means more privacy and better control over phone number visibility by

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