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Elon Musk slams OpenAI rival ahead of landmark trial in California: ‘Scam Altman’ 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By Marc Vartabedian The high-stakes trial over the future of artificial intelligence began Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, Calif. – but not before Elon Musk jumped ahead of opening statements with a flurry of social media posts sticking […]

Elon Musk set for major SpaceX payday — if he settles 1 million people on Mars 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By Thomas Barrabi The pay package, which received approval in January, would grant Musk a whopping 200 million super-voting restricted shares of stock – as long as the colony is permanent, has at least one million […]

Don’t pay Vect a ransom – your data’s likely already wiped out 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By Jessica Lyons ‘Full recovery is impossible for anyone, including the attacker’ Organizations hit by the wave of Trivy and LiteLLM supply-chain compromises that paid Vect in hopes of recovering their data likely did not get much back, according to […]

Vintage chatbot lives in the past like an elderly relative 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Talkie’s training data stops at the end of 1930, and its creators hope it’ll help us better understand how AI thinks If you’re tired of interacting with a bot that spews Nazi propaganda or refers to itself as MechaHitler, […]

Trump admin pays wind developers to quit, back fossil fuel projects 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By Dan Robinson DoI offers up to $885M if they abandon offshore wind projects As the Iran war pushes up energy prices, the Trump administration is paying offshore wind developers to walk away from projects and invest instead in fossil fuel […]

Researchers Discover Critical GitHub CVE-2026-3854 RCE Flaw Exploitable via Single Git Push 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical security vulnerability impacting GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server that could allow an authenticated user to obtain remote code execution with a single “git push” command. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-3854 (CVSS […]

Brazilian LofyGang Resurfaces After Three Years With Minecraft LofyStealer Campaign 2026-04-28 at 22:18 By A cybercrime group of Brazilian origin has resurfaced after more than three years to orchestrate a campaign that targets Minecraft players with a new stealer called LofyStealer (aka GrabBot). “The malware disguises itself as a Minecraft hack called ‘Slinky,’” Brazil-based cybersecurity […]

A third of all scam victims were hit by social media fraud — and losses are in the billions of dollars: FTC 2026-04-28 at 20:33 By Reda Wigle According to the Federal Trade Commission, nearly 30% of people who reported being scammed in 2025 said the swindle began on social media. This article is an […]

Google inks Pentagon deal for classified AI work despite uproar from employees warning of ‘irreparable damage’ 2026-04-28 at 20:33 By Thomas Barrabi The partnership surfaced on the same day that more than 600 Google employees wrote a letter to Pichai stating they were “deeply concerned” about the firm’s negotiations with the Pentagon. This article is […]

Amazon unveils a Copilot for all your apps 2026-04-28 at 20:33 By Richard Speed and Matt Rosoff Retailer touts ‘teammates’ and always-on context as it muscles into an already crowded enterprise market Amazon has announced two AI services pitched with typical techbro hyperbole, aimed at changing the way you work.… This article is an excerpt […]

IBM’s AI coding ‘partner’ Bob hits general availability 2026-04-28 at 20:33 By Joe Fay 80,000 internal guinea pigs, Bobcoins, mainframe dreams and a name that really should have raised more flags IBM has announced global availability of Bob, the AI coding assistant – sorry partner – which it claims has delivered a productivity boost to […]

Why De-Escalation Must Be Part of a Layered Safety Strategy in Healthcare 2026-04-28 at 20:33 By What healthcare security leaders need to know about de-escalation training.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak 2026-04-28 at 18:07 By Connor Jones Names, phone numbers, physical addresses also included in Shiny Hunters alleged data dump Logistics technology company Pitney Bowes, which makes franking machines for US postage, is the latest scalp claimed by ShinyHunters and its ongoing spree […]

VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB on Windows, Linux, ESXi 2026-04-28 at 18:06 By Threat hunters are warning that the cybercriminal operation known as VECT 2.0 acts more like a wiper than a ransomware due to a critical flaw in its encryption implementation across Windows, Linux, and ESXi variants that renders recovery impossible […]