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Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’ 2026-04-08 at 08:13 By Simon Sharwood Opting out of personal data use won’t be an option because Minister says that’s a ‘very big obstacle’ to AI adoption Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Hisashi Matsumoto has declared the nation will become the easiest […]

Anthropic: All your zero-days are belong to Mythos 2026-04-08 at 03:23 By Thomas Claburn Hasn’t released it to the public, because it would break the internet – in a bad way For years, the infosec community’s biggest existential worry has been quantum computers blowing away all classical encryption and revealing the world’s secrets. Now they

Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns 2026-04-08 at 02:38 By Jessica Lyons Your PLCs aren’t internet-connected, right? Right?! Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.… This article is an excerpt from

Nutanix thinks some Azure cloud desktops belong on-prem to make them usable 2026-04-08 at 02:38 By Simon Sharwood Also asserts it can beat Cisco’s homebrew hypervisor for calling apps .NEXT  Nutanix has teamed with Microsoft to bring cloudy desktops on-prem, using its extensive desktop virtualization (VDI) experience to make it work.… This article is an

13 shots pumped into Indianapolis official’s front door raises fears over violent data center opposition: ‘Deeply unsettling’ 2026-04-08 at 01:11 By Marc Vartabedian An Indianapolis city councilor’s home was shot up a few hours after Easter Sunday with a note left on the doorstep: “NO DATA CENTERS.” Ron Gibson– who is serving his third term

Cloudflare, GoDaddy team up to curb AI bot brigades 2026-04-08 at 01:11 By Brandon Vigliarolo Pair backs scraper blocking and standards to separate trusted agents from bad bots Citing the need to adapt to an internet increasingly serving the needs of AI agents without considering the needs of site owners, Cloudflare and GoDaddy are partnering

AWS CEO: It’s funny when people ask me if AI is overhyped 2026-04-08 at 01:11 By Thomas Claburn Matt Garman sounds the alarm but plays down the SaaS-pocalypse at Human[X] Stefan Weitz, CEO and co-founder of the Human[X] conference, welcomed attendees to the AI-focused bitshow in San Francisco with the promise that they would receive

Hundreds of orgs compromised daily in Microsoft device code phishing attacks 2026-04-07 at 23:45 By Jessica Lyons Who needs MFA when you’ve got EvilTokens? Hundreds of organizations have been compromised daily by a Microsoft device-code phishing campaign that uses AI and automation at nearly every stage of the attack chain to ultimately snoop through corporate

Intel gets trapped in Elon’s reality distortion field as it joins in megafab delusions 2026-04-07 at 23:45 By Tobias Mann Space is just the next stop on the AI hype train, right after AGI In the realm of his other unrealistic plans and potentially broken promises, Elon Musk’s Terafab stands out as one of the

Apple hits snags on $2K foldable iPhone ahead of planned debut: report 2026-04-07 at 21:53 By Ariel Zilber Shares of Apple slid as much as 5.1% on Tuesday after reports that the problems were serious enough to potentially delay device’s rollout by months. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

Nutanix brings its K8s to bare metal because hardware matters again 2026-04-07 at 21:53 By Simon Sharwood Expands compatibility since it’s tough to buy the boxes you want right now .NEXT  Nutanix exists to abstract hardware into a pool of logical resources, leaving servers and storage forgotten by all but a few datacenter hardheads. But

US cybercrime losses pass $20B for first time as AI boosts online fraud 2026-04-07 at 21:53 By Brandon Vigliarolo Bots are now firmly in the toolbox, helping crooks scale old scams Crims are taking advantage of AI to sharpen old scams. The FBI reported Monday that cybercrime losses hit a record $20.87 billion in 2025,

[Webinar] How to Close Identity Gaps in 2026 Before AI Exploits Enterprise Risk 2026-04-07 at 21:53 By In the rapid evolution of the 2026 threat landscape, a frustrating paradox has emerged for CISOs and security leaders: Identity programs are maturing, yet the risk is actually increasing. According to new research from the Ponemon Institute, hundreds of applications within the typical

Russian State-Linked APT28 Exploits SOHO Routers in Global DNS Hijacking Campaign 2026-04-07 at 21:53 By The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 (aka Forest Blizzard) has been linked to a new campaign that has compromised insecure MikroTik and TP-Link routers and modified their settings to turn them into malicious infrastructure under their control as part of

Only 28% of AI infrastructure projects fully pay off, survey finds 2026-04-07 at 20:32 By Lindsay Clark ITSM the area most likely to offer wins, according to Gartner research Tech leaders hoping AI might help save money and improve efficiency in IT infrastructure should know that only 28 percent of use cases fully succeed and

Over 1,000 Exposed ComfyUI Instances Targeted in Cryptomining Botnet Campaign 2026-04-07 at 20:31 By An active campaign has been observed targeting internet-exposed instances running ComfyUI, a popular stable diffusion platform, to enlist them into a cryptocurrency mining and proxy botnet. “A purpose-built Python scanner continuously sweeps major cloud IP ranges for vulnerable targets, automatically installing malicious

The Hidden Cost of Recurring Credential Incidents 2026-04-07 at 20:31 By When talking about credential security, the focus usually lands on breach prevention. This makes sense when IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the average cost of a breach at $4.4 million. Avoiding even one major incident is enough to justify most security investments, but that

[Webinar] How to Close Identity Gaps in 2026 Before AI Exploits Enterprise Risk 2026-04-07 at 20:31 By In the rapid evolution of the 2026 threat landscape, a frustrating paradox has emerged for CISOs and security leaders: Identity programs are maturing, yet the risk is actually increasing. According to new research from the Ponemon Institute, hundreds of applications within the typical

Samsung is discontinuing its texting app, urges users to switch to Google Messages 2026-04-07 at 20:24 By Associated Press According to an end-of-service announcement published on the tech giant’s US support website, Samsung Messages will be discontinued in July. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Russia’s Fancy Bear still attacking routers to boost fake sites, NCSC warns 2026-04-07 at 20:02 By Connor Jones 200 orgs and 5,000 devices compromised so far in Vlad’s latest intelligence grab, Microsoft reckons The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a fresh warning about Russia’s ongoing targeting of routers to steal passwords and