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Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process 2026-04-09 at 17:32 By Connor Jones No emails, no warnings, no humans – just bots, catch-22s, and a 60-day appeals queue Microsoft says that it will work on how it communicates with developers after two leading open source figures were suddenly locked out of their […]

Months-old Adobe Reader zero-day uses PDFs to size up targets 2026-04-09 at 17:32 By Carly Page Malicious PDFs abuse legit features to harvest system data and decide which victims get a 2nd-stage payload Hackers have been quietly exploiting what appears to be a zero-day in Adobe Acrobat Reader for months, using booby-trapped PDFs to profile

Peace President’s Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market 2026-04-09 at 17:32 By Dan Robinson Memory costs were already through the roof – now freight’s spiking too, and budget systems face extinction America’s war with Iran is jacking up the pressure on computing markets already struggling with memory shortages and component cost

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories 2026-04-09 at 17:32 By Thursday. Another week, another batch of things that probably should’ve been caught sooner but weren’t. This one’s got some range — old vulnerabilities getting new life, a few “why was that even possible” moments, attackers leaning on platforms and tools you’d

Security researchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing at users. It could have been a lot worse 2026-04-09 at 16:17 By Jessica Lyons Wash your mouth out with digital soap Apple Intelligence, the personal AI system integrated into newer Macs, iPhones, and other iThings, can be hijacked using prompt injection, forcing the model into producing an

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of £3.5B class action 2026-04-09 at 12:01 By Richard Speed Court of Appeal hearing in ValueLicensing dispute may shape parallel proceedings The Microsoft and ValueLicensing legal tussle will enter an appeals phase this month, attracting the attention of a multibillion-pound class action against the Windows giant.… This article is

Cryptographers place $5,000 bet whether quantum will matter 2026-04-09 at 10:07 By Thomas Claburn The time is maybe Quantum computing exists in a sort of superposition with regard to cryptography – it’s both a pending threat and a technology of no immediate consequence for decryption.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Bay Area-based tech company announces shocking layoff of nearly a quarter of its workforce 2026-04-09 at 06:18 By Katie Jerkovich The tech company becomes the latest to announce shocking number of layoffs, gutting nearly a quarter of its workforce. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Meta’s latest model is as open as Zuckerberg’s private school 2026-04-09 at 02:32 By Tobias Mann You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the proprietary models, not join them! Nearly two years after extolling the virtues of open source AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is singing a different tune. … This

6 signs you spend too much time on your phone — and 3 steps to kick off a ‘digital detox’ 2026-04-09 at 02:02 By Emma Glassman-Hughes Nearly half of Americans consider themselves to be addicted to their phones, with the average person checking their phone every five minutes that they’re awake, or roughly 186 times

Atlassian gussies up Confluence for the AI era 2026-04-09 at 02:02 By O’Ryan Johnson Helps employees present data in Confluence in various ways Atlassian is modernizing Confluence for the AI era, testing tools and agentic capabilities that give users the chance to turn their written notes into graphics and their ideas into software applications.… This