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Core Scientific plans $3.3B debt raise to fund AI data center push

Core Scientific plans $3.3B debt raise to fund AI data center push 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The miner plans to refinance short-term debt and scale its US infrastructure as the broader industry pivots toward AI and high-performance computing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months

Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Dan Robinson Still only a tiny slice of mobile activity overall The US and Starlink lead the way in the still-young direct-to-device (D2D) satellite market, where the number of connections recorded by Ookla rose nearly 25 percent between July 2025 and

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Anthropic bakes memory fixes into Bun 1.1.13 as developers complain of leaks

Anthropic bakes memory fixes into Bun 1.1.13 as developers complain of leaks 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Tim Anderson Bun is fast as a toolkit but can leak memory in production, causing slowdowns and crashes A new version of the Bun JavaScript runtime and toolkit is out with enhanced testing support and improved memory management. The

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macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets

macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Jessica Lyons Data from browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, 200+ extensions hoovered up A ClickFix campaign targeting macOS users delivers an AppleScript-based infostealer that collects credentials and live session cookies from 14 browsers, 16 cryptocurrency wallets, and more than 200 extensions.… This article

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The spaghettified DBMS chart that shows Oracle’s crown is slowly slipping

The spaghettified DBMS chart that shows Oracle’s crown is slowly slipping 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Lindsay Clark Change is glacial, but the direction is clear It might look like a map of the London Underground designed by a madman, but Gartner’s newly-completed DBMS Market Share Ranks: 2011-2025 has an important message. The change may be

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Ransomware negotiator admits role in attacks he was hired to resolve

Ransomware negotiator admits role in attacks he was hired to resolve 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Sinisa Markovic A Florida man, formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, pleaded guilty to conspiring to carry out ransomware attacks against US companies. Prosecutors say Angelo Martino, 41, used his position at DigitalMint, a crypto broker that helps victims negotiate

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Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang

Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang 2026-04-21 at 20:19 By Eduard Kovacs Angelo Martino of Florida has pleaded guilty to collaborating with the BlackCat cybercrime group while working as a ransomware negotiator. The post Third US Security Expert Admits Helping Ransomware Gang appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023

Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding BlackCat Attacks in 2023 2026-04-21 at 20:18 By A third individual who was employed as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, teamed up with the operators of the BlackCat ransomware starting in April

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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters

22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex Serial-to-IP Converters 2026-04-21 at 20:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them. The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by

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FAA grounds Blue Origin’s New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery ‘mishap’

FAA grounds Blue Origin’s New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery ‘mishap’ 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Richard Speed One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resume Blue Origin’s New Glenn loss of a satellite has been classed as a “mishap” by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),

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Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords

Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Connor Jones Plus: Court papers reveal nonprofit paid a ransom worth nearly $26.8 million The third of three former ransomware negotiators accused of assisting the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang in extorting US businesses has pleaded guilty, months after his two co-workers

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A Closer Look at the Novel and Stealthy KarstoRAT Malware

A Closer Look at the Novel and Stealthy KarstoRAT Malware 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Chen Aviani For almost three decades now, threat actors have used remote access trojans (RATs) to monitor user activity and steal sensitive information and credentials. The RAT’s surreptitious nature has cemented its spot in malicious actors’ malware arsenal, and over the

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Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency

Scattered Spider hacker pleads guilty to stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Sinisa Markovic A British national tied to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group pleaded guilty to hacking multiple companies via SMS phishing and stealing over $8 million in virtual currency from US victims. Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, pleaded

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Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store

Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Ionut Arghire Masquerading as popular cryptocurrency wallets, the apps can hijack recovery phrases and private keys. The post Dozens of Malicious Crypto Apps Land in Apple App Store appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs

NGate Campaign Targets Brazil, Trojanizes HandyPay to Steal NFC Data and PINs 2026-04-21 at 17:36 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new iteration of an Android malware family called NGate that has been found to abuse a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The threat actors took the app, which is used to relay NFC data, and

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