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NYT reporter says he solved mystery of Bitcoin founder’s identity — but man he named flatly denies it 2026-04-08 at 18:37 By Ariel Zilber A New York Times reporter claims he’s cracked one of tech’s biggest mysteries by unearthing the real identity of Bitcoin’s elusive founder Satoshi Nakamoto. This article is an excerpt from Latest […]

APT28 Deploys PRISMEX Malware in Campaign Targeting Ukraine and NATO Allies 2026-04-08 at 18:37 By The Russian threat actor known as APT28 (aka Forest Blizzard and Pawn Storm) has been linked to a fresh spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukraine and its allies to deploy a previously undocumented malware suite codenamed PRISMEX. “PRISMEX combines advanced steganography, component object model

Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework 2026-04-08 at 17:54 By Tim Anderson Tangled tale nears end as Redmond classifies it as a tool, not a library Microsoft has set an end-of-support date of April 7, 2027, for ASP.NET Core 2.3, the only supported version on .NET Framework, even though .NET Framework

Supermicro launches probe after staff charged with China export violations 2026-04-08 at 17:32 By Dan Robinson Board-led inquiry follows indictment of two employees and a contractor over alleged diversion of Nvidia GPU servers Supermicro has launched an independent investigation after three people associated with the company were charged with violating US export restrictions on China.…

LAPD Records Hacked and Exposed 2026-04-08 at 17:32 By A data breach has lead to the exposure of sensitive LAPD records.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Showing the Windows 10 desktop was the yeast they could do 2026-04-08 at 15:45 By Richard Speed Fresh and healthy, just like Windows 11 isn’t Bork!Bork!Bork!  You might say this bork was bread to fail, but at least it involves a version of Windows that most people actually like.… This article is an excerpt from

Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers 2026-04-08 at 15:45 By Paul Kunert To ‘minimize disruption,’ Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn’t want Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to “minimize disruption” for existing customers by

Investors are going nuclear to keep UK’s AI datacenters fed 2026-04-08 at 15:06 By Dan Robinson Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand Investors are backing nuclear power as a solution to fuel the UK’s datacenter buildout, according to researchers tracking investment activity.… This article is

Dutch healthcare software vendor goes dark after ransomware attack 2026-04-08 at 15:06 By Connor Jones ChipSoft’s website remains down but emails are functioning A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B 2026-04-08 at 15:06 By Lindsay Clark Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform The UK’s largest police force has awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion to develop and run

Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP) 2026-04-08 at 15:06 By The Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise Identity Enterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems.  The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits

Architecting for Margin Beyond the Initial Sale 2026-04-08 at 13:10 By Alan Maxwell Part 2 of 6: How resilience changes the channel model This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

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

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,

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

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.…

Ransomware Response: How Businesses Regain Control Under Pressure 2026-04-08 at 12:16 By You can’t control when ransomware attacks happen, but you can control how you respond. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones 2026-04-08 at 09:57 By Tobias Mann President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war Microsoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in retaliation for US

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,