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Google Blocks 8.3B Policy-Violating Ads in 2025, Launches Android 17 Privacy Overhaul

Google Blocks 8.3B Policy-Violating Ads in 2025, Launches Android 17 Privacy Overhaul 2026-04-17 at 16:30 By Google this week announced a new set of Play policy updates to strengthen user privacy and protect businesses against fraud, even as it revealed it blocked or removed over 8.3 billion ads globally and suspended 24.9 million accounts in […]

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Tokenization doesn’t ‘magically’ fix illiquid assets: PBW 2026

Would you like fries with that terminal?

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Would you like fries with that terminal? 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Richard Speed Jack might be on Track, but the order screen certainly isn’t Bork!Bork!Bork! It was not so much Jack in the Box as Bork on the Screen at a US drive-through fast food outlet the other day. Luckily, a Reg reader was there

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Locked-out iPhone user tells The Reg that Apple is scrambling to fix character flaw passcode bug

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Locked-out iPhone user tells The Reg that Apple is scrambling to fix character flaw passcode bug 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Connor Jones University student says he plans to move to Android, but concedes iOS engineers acting fast Apple is finally working on a fix for a bug that has locked some users out of their

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Capita won disastrous UK pensions gig after acing performance checks

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Capita won disastrous UK pensions gig after acing performance checks 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Lindsay Clark Top civil servant tells MPs bid was strong on quality and value for money The UK government awarded Capita a £239 million contract to run the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) after assessing its past performance, despite the rollout

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Researcher drops two more Microsoft Defender zero-days, all three now exploited in the wild

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Researcher drops two more Microsoft Defender zero-days, all three now exploited in the wild 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz The security researcher who earlier this month published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender is back with two more. The first, dubbed “RedSun,” is another privilege escalation flaw

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Liongard upgrades LiongardIQ with AI access, live asset data, and deeper discovery

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Liongard upgrades LiongardIQ with AI access, live asset data, and deeper discovery 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Industry News Liongard has announced the expansion of LiongardIQ with new capabilities spanning programmatic AI integration, conversational querying, enhanced network discovery, and deeper identity mapping, extending its system of authority for asset intelligence across the full IT stack. Without

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GitLab 18.11 brings agentic AI to security fixes, CI pipelines, and delivery analytics

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GitLab 18.11 brings agentic AI to security fixes, CI pipelines, and delivery analytics 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Industry News GitLab has released GitLab 18.11, expanding agentic AI across the entire software lifecycle with security remediation, pipeline configuration, and delivery analytics. AI-generated code moves faster than the systems around it can keep up with, creating the

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Mozilla challenges enterprise AI providers with Thunderbolt, open-source AI client under your control

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Mozilla challenges enterprise AI providers with Thunderbolt, open-source AI client under your control 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Sinisa Markovic For organizations that want to keep company data within their own systems and have more control over how AI is deployed, Mozilla is offering an alternative to externally hosted AI services with Thunderbolt, an open-source AI

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ZionSiphon Malware Targets ICS in Water Facilities

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ZionSiphon Malware Targets ICS in Water Facilities 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Eduard Kovacs The malware is configured to operate on systems associated with Israeli water treatment and desalination plants. The post ZionSiphon Malware Targets ICS in Water Facilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US

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Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Ionut Arghire Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang compromised the identities of dozens of US persons to help land jobs at over 100 companies. The post Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

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Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Eduard Kovacs The remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-34197 came to light in early April. The post Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Lawmakers Gathered Quietly to Talk About AI. Angst and Fears of ‘Destruction’ Followed

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Lawmakers Gathered Quietly to Talk About AI. Angst and Fears of ‘Destruction’ Followed 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Associated Press Thursday’s discussion comes as leaders on Capitol Hill grapple with the dizzying pace of global developments in which technology plays a central role. The post Lawmakers Gathered Quietly to Talk About AI. Angst and Fears of

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NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge in Vulnerability Submissions

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NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge in Vulnerability Submissions 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced changes to the way it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) listed in its National Vulnerability Database (NVD), stating it will only enrich those that fulfil certain conditions owing to an

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Google wipes out 602 million scam ads with Gemini on duty

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Google wipes out 602 million scam ads with Gemini on duty 2026-04-17 at 13:59 By Sinisa Markovic Google claims that its security teams work around the clock using its Gemini AI models to detect and stop harmful ads. “Bad actors are using generative AI to create deceptive ads at scale, and Gemini helps us detect

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Another DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to Prison

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Another DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to Prison 2026-04-17 at 13:45 By Eduard Kovacs Kamerin Stokes sold stolen credentials through an online marketplace even after pleading guilty to his role in the DraftKings attack. The post Another DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Attention data hoarders: Alexa loses its Plex appeal as voice feature gets canned

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Attention data hoarders: Alexa loses its Plex appeal as voice feature gets canned 2026-04-17 at 13:45 By Carly Page Users who stream their own media files ticked off as Plex warns Alexa skill will die on June 15 Plex is pulling the plug on its Alexa integration, leaving anyone who relied on voice commands to

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Ethereum NFT platform Foundation shuts down after failed Blackdove sale

Cursor AI Vulnerability Exposed Developer Devices

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Cursor AI Vulnerability Exposed Developer Devices 2026-04-17 at 10:30 By Ionut Arghire An indirect prompt injection could be chained with a sandbox bypass and Cursor’s remote tunnel feature for shell access to machines. The post Cursor AI Vulnerability Exposed Developer Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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