April 2026

UBS partners with five banks for Swiss franc stablecoin sandbox

UBS partners with five banks for Swiss franc stablecoin sandbox 2026-04-08 at 13:10 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum and others launched a 2026 sandbox to test Swiss franc stablecoin use cases and blockchain payment rails in Switzerland. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Will quantum-safe cryptography slow Ethereum down? The performance tradeoff explained

Will quantum-safe cryptography slow Ethereum down? The performance tradeoff explained 2026-04-08 at 13:10 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Will quantum-safe cryptography slow Ethereum? It is likely to affect gas fees, validator load and network efficiency, prompting Ethereum to pursue a broader redesign strategy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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NHS Scotland-linked domains caught serving pr0n and dodgy sports streams

NHS Scotland-linked domains caught serving pr0n and dodgy sports streams 2026-04-08 at 13:10 By Connor Jones Two practice web addresses appear to have been compromised Multiple domains belonging to Scottish healthcare providers have been hijacked and are now pushing links to adult content and illegal sports streams, according to a researcher.… This article is an

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Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems 2026-04-08 at 13:09 By Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Anthropic announced a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing that will use a preview version of its new frontier model, Claude Mythos, to find and address security vulnerabilities. The model will be used by a small set of organizations, including Amazon Web Services, Apple,

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Virtual SG-41 project brings Nazi cipher machine to life in the browser

Virtual SG-41 project brings Nazi cipher machine to life in the browser 2026-04-08 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Martin Gillow’s 3D recreation lets users explore would-be Enigma successor’s mechanics and enciphering logic online An enthusiast has built a digital 3D model of the SG-41 cipher machine, replete with wheels, levers, and stepping logic, accessible via

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Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers

Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers 2026-04-08 at 12:47 By Mirko Zorz Chaos, Go-based malware first documented by Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, has historically targeted routers and edge devices. A new variant observed in March 2026 shows the malware operating against misconfigured Linux cloud servers, a category of infrastructure the botnet had

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UK’s grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle

UK’s grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle 2026-04-08 at 12:16 By Lindsay Clark Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen up The UK’s hopes of fueling cutting-edge AI development and applications with a National Data Library (NDL) could be dashed unless it makes datasets easier to use.…

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Flatpak 1.16.4 fixes sandbox escape and three other security flaws

Flatpak 1.16.4 fixes sandbox escape and three other security flaws 2026-04-08 at 12:16 By Anamarija Pogorelec Flatpak, a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, released version 1.16.4, patching four security vulnerabilities. The most severe fix addresses a complete sandbox escape that leads to host file access and code execution in the host context, tracked as

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Secureframe expands Comply with User Access Reviews for automated governance

Secureframe expands Comply with User Access Reviews for automated governance 2026-04-08 at 12:16 By Industry News Secureframe has announced the launch of User Access Reviews, a new capability within Secureframe Comply. Access reviews are the primary mechanism organizations use to validate that the right people have the appropriate access, but the process has historically been

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N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust

N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust 2026-04-08 at 11:22 By The North Korea-linked persistent campaign known as Contagious Interview has spread its tentacles by publishing malicious packages targeting the Go, Rust, and PHP ecosystems. “The threat actor’s packages were designed to impersonate legitimate developer tooling […], while quietly functioning as malware

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3 Polymarket traders made a timely bet on a US-Iran ceasefire

3 Polymarket traders made a timely bet on a US-Iran ceasefire 2026-04-08 at 09:28 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Lookonchain noted that the “yes” bets were placed at probabilities between 2.9% and 10.3%, with the three wallets placing their first bets within 26 hours of the announcement. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Coinbase plans expansion to stock trading in Australia after securing license

Coinbase plans expansion to stock trading in Australia after securing license 2026-04-08 at 09:28 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Australia passed legislation on April 1, bringing digital asset and tokenized custody platforms under its financial services licensing regime. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract

What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract 2026-04-08 at 09:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow controls pose more danger than ransomware attacks, precisely because they accumulate quietly and

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Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Targeting Internet-Exposed PLCs

Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Targeting Internet-Exposed PLCs 2026-04-08 at 09:28 By Iran-affiliated cyber actors are targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices across critical infrastructures in the U.S., including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned Tuesday. “These attacks have led to diminished PLC functionality, manipulation of display data and, in some cases,

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SEC admits certain crypto enforcement cases delivered no investor benefit

SEC admits certain crypto enforcement cases delivered no investor benefit 2026-04-08 at 08:13 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Under SEC Chair Paul Atkins, the number of SEC enforcement actions against public companies has decreased by about 30%. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’

Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’ 2026-04-08 at 08:13 By Simon Sharwood Opting out of personal data use won’t be an option because Minister says that’s a ‘very big obstacle’ to AI adoption Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Hisashi Matsumoto has declared the nation will become the easiest

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