News for April 19, 2026

News for April 19, 2026

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 18 Apr 2026


Musician loses $420K Bitcoin ‘retirement fund’ via fake Ledger app

https://cointelegraph.com/news/musician-loses-420k-bitcoin-retirement-fund-after-installing-fake-ledger-app

 

Will Quantum-Safe Cryptography Slow Ethereum Down? The Performance Tradeoff Explained...

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/will-quantum-safe-cryptography-slow-ethereum-down-performance-tradeoff-explained

 

APT37 Uses Facebook, Telegram, and Trojanzied Installer in New Targeted Cyberattack

https://gbhackers.com/new-targeted-cyberattack/

 

Five signs data drift is already undermining your security models

https://venturebeat.com/security/five-signs-data-drift-is-already-undermining-your-security-models

 

Hacker Used Claude Code, GPT-4.1 to Exfiltrate Hundreds of Millions of Mexican Records

https://hackread.com/hacker-claude-code-gpt-4-1-mexican-records/

 

AI models are terrible at betting on soccer

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/ai-models-are-terrible-at-betting-on-soccer-especially-xai-grok/

 

Quantum Computers are Becoming Dangerous Quickly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7hQEtr3ic

 

OpenSSF Flags Malware Campaign on Slack Posing as Linux Foundation Figures

https://hackread.com/openssf-malware-slack-linux-foundation-figures/

 

The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod

https://gizmodo.com/the-world-is-basically-begging-for-another-ipod-2000745053

 

VIPERTUNNEL Python Backdoor Hidden in Fake DLL, Obfuscated Loader Chain

https://gbhackers.com/vipertunnel-python-backdoor/

 

Iran-linked group Handala claims to have breached three major UAE organizations

https://securityaffairs.com/190716/hacking/iran-linked-group-handala-claims-to-have-breached-three-major-uae-organizations.html

 

Half Of US Data Centers Scheduled To Start In 2026, Will Be Canceled Or Delayed

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/half-us-data-centers-are-set-be-canceled-or-delayed-2026

 

Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-marimo-pre-auth-rce-flaw-now-under-active-exploitation/

 

Weekly Recap: Fiber Optic Spying, Windows Rootkit, AI Vulnerability Hunting and More

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/weekly-recap-fiber-optic-spying-windows.html

 

Rockstar confirms major third-party data breach

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/rockstar-confirms-major-third-party-data-breach-gta-vi-maker-says-no-impact-on-our-organization-or-our-players

 

Dogecoin Developers Test Quantum-Resistant Transaction Technology

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/312039098934993

 

Basic-Fit Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions Across Multiple Nations

https://gbhackers.com/basic-fit-suffers-data-breach/

 

Normal Times Are Over, West Has Lost Its Mind | Doug Casey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsVUyu3BANA

 

Black hole wakes after 100 million years and erupts like a cosmic volcano

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260411022037.htm

 

International Operation Targets Multimillion-Dollar Crypto Theft Schemes

https://www.securityweek.com/international-operation-targets-multimillion-dollar-crypto-theft-schemes/

 

Hyperbridge attacker mints 1B bridged Polkadot tokens in $237K exploit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacker-steals-237k-1b-bridged-dot-hyperbridge

 

Simply opening a PDF could trigger this Adobe Reader zero-day

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/04/simply-opening-a-pdf-could-trigger-this-adobe-reader-zero-day

 

Booking.com Hit By Data Breach

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/04/13/1653212/bookingcom-hit-by-data-breach

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/booking-com-confirms-hackers-accessed-customers-data/

https://www.securityweek.com/booking-com-says-hackers-accessed-user-information/

 

$500k Fee To Leave Canada? It's Actually MUCH WORSE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47kLUflkzD0

 

Citizen Lab: Webloc tracked 500M devices for global law enforcement

https://securityaffairs.com/190715/intelligence/citizen-lab-webloc-tracked-500m-devices-for-global-law-enforcement.html

 

OpenAI Revokes macOS App Certificate After Malicious Axios Supply Chain Incident

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/openai-revokes-macos-app-certificate.html

 

Hackers Exploit MSBuild LOLBin to Evade Detection in Fileless Windows Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/msbuild-lolbin/

 

'This is not your typical run-of-the-mill malware': CPUID download page hacked and tools replaced with links to malicious files

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/this-is-not-your-typical-run-of-the-mill-malware-cpuid-download-page-hacked-and-tools-replaced-with-links-to-malicious-files

 

Gym giant Basic-Fit confirms data on a million members stolen in cyberattack

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/13/basicfit_breach/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-gym-giant-basic-fit-data-breach-affects-1-million-members/

 

Keanu Reeves - Deep Love For You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khWkvMuD_00

 

IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/ibm-folds-to-trump-anti-dei-push-admits-no-misconduct-but-pays-17m-penalty/

 

Linux 7.0 Released

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/04/13/1857240/linux-70-released

https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-70-arrives-as-linus-torvalds-embraces-a-new-era-of-ai-driven-kernel-development/

 

FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/fbi-announces-takedown-of-phishing-operation-that-targeted-thousands-of-victims/

 

Fake Linux leader using Slack to con devs into giving up their secrets

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/13/linux_foundation_social_engineering/

 

BITTER APT Uses Signal, Google, and Zoom Lures to Spread ProSpy Spyware

https://hackread.com/bitter-apt-signal-google-zoom-prospy-spyware/

 

Stolen Rockstar Games analytics data leaked by extortion gang

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tag/data-breach/

 

If You Don't Understand Gold, You Don't Understand Money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE1hxjLFxy0

 

Hackers claim control over Venice San Marco anti-flood pumps

https://securityaffairs.com/190679/hacktivism/hackers-claim-control-over-venice-san-marco-anti-flood-pumps.html

 

'Industrial-scale scam operations': Global criminal organization operated slave compounds in Asia behind huge malware-as-a-service hydra targeting 35+ government agencies monthly

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/industrial-scale-scam-operations-global-criminal-organization-operated-slave-compounds-in-asia-behind-huge-malware-as-a-service-hydra-targeting-35-government-agencies-monthly

 

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/hack-at-anodot-leaves-over-a-dozen-breached-companies-facing-extortion/

 

PrivacyBrowserGate: Claims of LinkedIn ‘Spying’ Clash With Security Research Findings

https://www.securityweek.com/browsergate-claims-of-linkedin-spying-clash-with-security-research-findings/

 

APT41 Delivers 'Zero-Detection' Backdoor to Harvest Cloud Credentials

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches

 

This RANDOM Gilr Asked To Sing..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTfK0YNz89k

 

OpenAI Rotates macOS Certificates Following Axios Supply Chain Breach

https://hackread.com/openai-macos-certificates-axios-supply-chain-breach/

 

Hackers use Claude and ChatGPT in 'a significant evolution in offensive capability' to breach government agencies, leak hundreds of millions of citizen records

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/hackers-use-claude-and-chatgpt-in-a-significant-evolution-in-offensive-capability-to-breach-government-agencies-leak-hundreds-of-millions-of-citizen-records

 

JanelaRAT Malware Targets Latin American Banks with 14,739 Attacks in Brazil in 2025

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/janelarat-malware-targets-latin.html

 

Biden FDA Knew About COVID Vaccine Stroke Risk And Kept Americans In The Dark

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/biden-fda-knew-about-covid-vaccine-stroke-risk-and-kept-americans-dark

 

Kraken won‘t negotiate after extortion attempt with client data

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-extortion-attempt-but-funds-never-at-risk

https://www.theblock.co/post/397260/kraken-security-says-exchange-wont-negotiate-faces-extortion-threat

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crypto-exchange-kraken-extorted-by-hackers-after-insider-breach/

 

JUST HAPPENED! Quantum Particle Zeta 9 Just Broke Physics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBuk9L0xJ5Y

 

FBI and Indonesian Police Dismantle W3LL Phishing Network Behind $20M Fraud Attempts

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/fbi-and-indonesian-police-dismantle.html

 

WAS A BRIT THE MYSTERIOUS INVENTOR OF KLEPTOCURRENCY?

https://gizadeathstar.com/2026/04/was-a-brit-the-mysterious-satoshi-nakamoto-inventor-of-kleptocurrency/

 

Attention, gamers: The FAA wants YOU to be an air traffic controller

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/13/faa_gamers_air_traffic_control/

 

Keanu Reeves & Hannah Harper — "The Space Between Us"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2bjljiO548

 

GitHub and Jira Alerts Hijacked for Trusted-SaaS Phishing

https://gbhackers.com/github-and-jira-alerts/

 

Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum

https://cryptoslate.com/polkadot-hyperbridge-april-fools-joke-comes-true-as-over-1-billion-fake-dot-tokens-were-minted-on-ethereum/

 

Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive — listen now

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/thousands-of-rare-concert-recordings-are-landing-on-the-internet-archive-listen-now/

 

AI Codex Exploits Samsung TV Driver Flaw to Gain Root Access

https://gbhackers.com/codex-exploits-samsung-tv/

 

Ransomware Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the Spending Meant to Stop It

https://ciphercue.com/blog/ransomware-claims-grew-faster-than-security-spend-2025

 

“Giant superatoms” could finally solve quantum computing’s biggest problem

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260413043155.htm

 

Just three ransomware gangs accounted for 40% of attacks last month

https://threatbeat.com/cybersecurity/just-three-ransomware-gangs-accounted-for-40-of-attacks-last-month/

 

Clear UFO Footage and UAP Sightings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn6MnAj62yg

 

PlugX USB Worm Hits Multiple Continents via DLL Sideloading

https://gbhackers.com/plugx-usb-worm/

 

Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520

https://securityaffairs.com/190790/hacking/attackers-target-unpatched-showdoc-servers-via-cve-2025-0520.html

 

Ransomware-Linked ViperTunnel Malware Hits UK and US Businesses

https://hackread.com/ransomware-vipertunnel-malware-uk-us-businesses/

 

The Glorious Return of Fundamentals

https://dailyreckoning.com/the-glorious-return-of-fundamentals/

 

Triad Nexus Evades Sanctions to Fuel Cybercrime

https://www.securityweek.com/triad-nexus-evades-sanctions-to-fuel-cybercrime/

 

Bigme HiBreak Dual smartphone with E Ink & LCD screens coming soon

https://liliputing.com/bigme-hibreak-dual-smartphone-with-e-ink-lcd-screens-coming-soon/

 

Omnistealer uses the blockchain to steal everything it can

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/04/omnistealer-uses-the-blockchain-to-steal-everything-it-can

 

John Butler: Why Central Banks Are Preparing for a Gold System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utXAbVqjEks

 

Report claims over 80% of Europeans don’t trust US and Chinese businesses to handle their data

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/authorities-can-ask-them-to-hand-over-data-report-claims-over-80-percent-of-europeans-dont-trust-us-and-chinese-businesses-to-handle-their-data-europe-is-desperate-for-homegrown-ai-cloud-and-telecoms-as-the-rift-with-the-us-grows

 

Botnet Exposed: Hackers Leave Worker Access and Root Passwords Wide Open

https://gbhackers.com/botnet-exposed/

 

Mirax Android RAT Turns Devices into SOCKS5 Proxies, Reaching 220,000 via Meta Ads

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/mirax-android-rat-turns-devices-into.html

 

The Horrific Reason They Renamed Every Old City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gFw_oY7YG8

 

Janela RAT Spreads via Fake MSI Installers, Malicious Extensions

https://gbhackers.com/fake-msi-installers/

 

Analysis of 216M Security Findings Shows a 4x Increase In Critical Risk (2026 Report)

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/analysis-of-216m-security-findings.html

 

No honor among thieves as 0APT threatens rival ransomware gang Krybit

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/14/0apt_krybit_spat/

 

These 15 Jobs Pay Surprisingly Well (And You've Never Heard Of Them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zou9QdkjNM

 

Critical etcd Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Cluster APIs

https://gbhackers.com/critical-etcd-vulnerability/

 

Late payments rising in U.S. for Buy Now, Pay Later loans

https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/late-payments-rising-buy-now-pay-later-loans

 

108 Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal Google and Telegram Data, Affecting 20,000 Users

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/108-malicious-chrome-extensions-steal.html

 

Global economy at risk of recession if Iran war persists, warns IMF

https://ground.news/article/global-economy-at-risk-of-recession-if-iran-war-persists-warns-imf

 

CoW Swap Suspends Services Following DNS Hijacking Incident

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/312526444786546

https://www.theblock.co/post/397432/cow-swap-pauses-protocol-amid-domain-hijacking

 

The Real Problem With Ledger (From a Bitcoin Security Expert)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JGLTaqbGs

 

438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/

 

Trump Mobile's 'T1 Phone' Might Actually Be Released Soon

https://lifehacker.com/tech/first-look-at-the-trump-t1-smartphone

 

Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market

https://www.wired.com/story/telegram-is-still-hosting-a-sanctioned-21-billion-crypto-scammer-black-market/

 

Swiss Bank Calls for $6,000 Gold by Year End

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-04-14/swiss-bank-calls-6000-gold-year-end

 

wolfSSL Vulnerability Hits IoT, Routers and Military Systems, Update to 5.9.1 Now

https://hackread.com/wolfssl-vulnerability-iot-routers-military-systems/

 

Scientists discover why bread can cause weight gain without extra calories

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260414075637.htm

 

McGraw-Hill confirms data breach following extortion threat

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mcgraw-hill-confirms-data-breach-following-extortion-threat/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/this-activity-appears-to-be-part-of-a-broader-issue-education-company-mcgraw-hill-becomes-latest-to-see-its-salesforce-data-hacked

 

Sumerian Built the World's First Airport - Here's the Proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU0Jc4r9318

 

AI-Driven Pushpaganda Scam Exploits Google Discover to Spread Scareware and Ad Fraud

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/ai-driven-pushpaganda-scam-exploits.html

 

‘Mythos-Ready’ Security: CSA Urges CISOs to Prepare for Accelerated AI Threats

https://www.securityweek.com/mythos-ready-security-csa-urges-cisos-to-prepare-for-accelerated-ai-threats/

 

Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/national_initiative_for_american_space/

 

Experts reveal how hackers are trying to hijack your inbox with these clever tactics

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/its-more-common-than-you-think-experts-reveal-how-hackers-are-trying-to-hijack-your-inbox-with-these-clever-tactics

 

Fake Ledger Live app on Apple’s App Store stole $9.5M in crypto

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ledger-live-app-on-apples-app-store-stole-95m-in-crypto/

 

US, UK and Canada disrupt $45M crypto theft in Operation Atlantic

https://securityaffairs.com/190805/cyber-crime/us-uk-and-canada-disrupt-45m-crypto-theft-in-operation-atlantic.html

 

Google Says Encryption Is About to Break. All of It.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfYdzubv5cY

 

New PHP Composer Flaws Enable Arbitrary Command Execution — Patches Released

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/new-php-composer-flaws-enable-arbitrary.html

 

ShinyHunters Leak 7.54 GB Rockstar Games Data, No Player Records Impacted

https://hackread.com/shinyhunters-leak-rockstar-games-data-player-records/

 

Turn Your Laptop Into a Three-Screen Setup With This Portable Display Add-On

https://lifehacker.com/tech/mobile-pixels-trio-3-pro-stacksocial-sale-april-2026

 

Bitcoin Community Debates Proposal to Freeze Non-Quantum-Resistant BTC

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/312681153720321

 

Hackers Abuse Google Cloud Storage to Slip Remcos RAT Past Email Filters

https://gbhackers.com/google-cloud-storage-abused/

 

Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/14/1955224/audit-finds-google-microsoft-and-meta-still-tracking-users-after-opt-out

 

Crypto Faces Increased Threat from Quantum Attacks

https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-safe-crypto

 

Why Linux Users Are Locked Out of the Internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncsR8yZ4oXk

 

French cops free mother and son after 20-hour crypto kidnap ordeal

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/crypto_kidnap_france/

 

THE CONTINUING ESCAPADES OF ARTIFICIAL “INTELLIGENCE”

https://gizadeathstar.com/2026/04/the-continuing-escapades-of-artificial-intelligence/

 

Active HanGhost Loader Campaign Targets Enterprise Payment and Logistics Workflows

https://hackread.com/active-hanghost-loader-payment-logistic-workflow/

 

Musk's Grok AI chatbot is still making sexual deepfakes, despite X's promise to stop it

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/rcna265855

 

Mirax malware campaign hits 220K accounts, enables full remote control

https://securityaffairs.com/190842/uncategorized/mirax-malware-campaign-hits-220k-accounts-enables-full-remote-control.html

 

UFO/UAP Disclosure Update with Eric W. Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtE4kJ79yjc

 

Yahoo and Claude have recently experienced an outage even though there were no official acknowledgments of the issues.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/claude-yahoo-finance-mail-down-how-to-solve-api-500-error-amid-massive-outage-server-status-downdetector-101776265475599.html

 

MuddyWater-Style Hackers Probe 12,000+ Systems Ahead of Middle East

https://gbhackers.com/muddywater-style-hackers/

 

American Oil Won't Save the Day

https://dailyreckoning.com/american-oil-wont-save-the-day/

 

‘By Design’ Flaw in MCP Could Enable Widespread AI Supply Chain Attacks

https://www.securityweek.com/by-design-flaw-in-mcp-could-enable-widespread-ai-supply-chain-attacks/

 

Fake YouTube copyright notices can steal your Google login

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/04/fake-youtube-copyright-notices-can-steal-your-google-login

 

Insurance Is a Scam Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al2w8LBxnc0

 

Actively Exploited nginx-ui Flaw (CVE-2026-33032) Enables Full Nginx Server Takeover

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/critical-nginx-ui-vulnerability-cve.html

 

Seoul court sentences US YouTuber to 6 months in jail over offensive stunts

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seoul-court-sentences-us-youtuber-115850941.html

 

Bitcoin researchers propose phased sunset of legacy signatures to address quantum risks

https://www.theblock.co/post/397556/bitcoin-researchers-propose-phased-sunset-of-legacy-signatures-to-address-quantum-risks

 

Tether Launches Self-Custody Digital Wallet

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/312433115558769

 

Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven't warned users

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/claude_gemini_copilot_agents_hijacked/?td=rt-3a

 

Fake Claude AI Installer Targets Windows Users with PlugX Malware

https://hackread.com/fake-claude-ai-installer-plugx-malware-windows-users/

 

Signed software abused to deploy antivirus-killing scripts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signed-software-abused-to-deploy-antivirus-killing-scripts/

 

Who’s Buying Houses If No One Can Afford Them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIK-4W_6GmA

 

The Download: cyberscammers’ banking bypasses, and carbon removal troubles

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1136034/the-download-cyberscammers-banking-bypasses-microsoft-carbon-removal-troubles/

 

Codex Hacked a Samsung TV

https://blog.calif.io/p/codex-hacked-a-samsung-tv

 

Web3 Losses Reach $482.6 Million in Q1 2026, Driven by Phishing and Smart Contract Exploits

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/313152758711201

 

Stealth Signals Are Bypassing Iran’s Internet Blackout

https://spectrum.ieee.org/iran-internet-blackout-satellite-tv

 

n8n Webhooks Abused Since October 2025 to Deliver Malware via Phishing Emails

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/n8n-webhooks-abused-since-october-2025.html

 

BYD Is Rolling Out 5-Minute Charging on Several Popular EVs

https://gizmodo.com/byd-is-rolling-out-5-minute-charging-on-several-popular-evs-2000747052

 

FED PLAN LEAKED: Treasury To Revalue Gold To $30,000 To Solve US Debt TSUNAMI! - Mario Innecco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCioRyQvCGo

 

Ukraine Arrests Member of International Cybercrime Group Wanted by FBI

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/313155638665986

 

Blockchain Systemic Risk: When Autonomous Agents Outrun the System

https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-systemic-risk-when-autonomous-agents-outrun-the-system

 

Data Breach at Tennessee Hospital Affects 337,000

https://www.securityweek.com/data-breach-at-tennessee-hospital-affects-337000/

 

Cisco FMC Zero-Day Among 31 High-Impact Vulnerabilities Exploited in March

https://gbhackers.com/cisco-fmc-zero-day/

 

Hidden Passenger? How Taboola Routes Logged-In Banking Sessions to Temu

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/hidden-passenger-how-taboola-routes.html

 

A fake Slack download is giving attackers a hidden desktop on your machine

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/04/a-fake-slack-download-is-giving-attackers-a-hidden-desktop-on-your-machine

 

Server-room lock was nothing but a crock

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/16/pwned_server_room_lock_lol/

 

From clinics to government: UAC-0247 expands cyber campaign across Ukraine

https://securityaffairs.com/190875/apt/from-clinics-to-government-uac-0247-expands-cyber-campaign-across-ukraine.html

 

The Global Monetary Reset Has Begun (Hint: Act Now!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8jEbBFczt4

 

Millions of hotel goers may have been exposed after hackers steal data and leak it on Telegram

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/millions-of-hotel-goers-may-have-been-exposed-after-hackers-steal-data-and-leak-it-on-telegram

 

UAC-0247 Hits Hospitals, Governments With Browser and WhatsApp Data Theft

https://gbhackers.com/uac-0247-hits-hospitals/

 

Don't let the bot play doctor! AI gets early diagnoses wrong 80% of the time

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Fake ProtonVPN, game mod sites spread NWHStealer in new Windows malware campaign

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Mythos vs. crypto: Why Bitcoin may be safe but apps are not

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Researchers Say Fiverr Left User Files Open to Google Search

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SIM Swap Attacks On The Rise! Protect Yourself From Being Drained!

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White House under pressure after 10 scientists vanish or die in mystery cases

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Secret Service Targets Thieves Stealing SNAP Benefits In Texas

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6-Year Ransomware Campaign Targets Turkish Homes & SMBs

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Charles Hoskinson Warns of Potential Bitcoin Freeze with BIP-361 Proposal

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How to invest when markets are reacting irrationally to a war, oil shocks and major uncertainty

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New ATHR vishing platform uses AI voice agents for automated attacks

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Bitcoin To $0 Warning: Quantum Can Break Encryption In Minutes Warns Nobel Physicist | Chris Tam

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Tempo unveils pragmatic privacy solution called Zones, a way to run permissioned parallel blockchains

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Quantum photonics roadmap — how Xanadu and PsiQuantum are looking to transfer qubits through beams of light

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/quantum-photonics-roadmap-how-xanadu-and-psiquantum-are-looking-to-transfer-qubits-through-beams-of-light

 

Government Can’t Win the Cyber War Without the Private Sector

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Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe

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New Microsoft Defender “RedSun” zero-day PoC grants SYSTEM privileges

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Report warns this legit-looking software is actually antivirus-killing adware

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I'm Reading a 900-Page Novel on an E-Reader the Size of My Library Card, and It's Going Great

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Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic

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Drift Protocol Investors File Lawsuit Against Circle Over $280 Million Hack

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/313235263783346

 

Scientist claims the universe has SEVEN dimensions

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15741331/scientist-claims-universe-SEVEN-dimensions.html

 

Security experts warn FIFA World Cup partners could be putting customers at risk of email attacks

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/many-are-still-leaving-the-door-open-security-experts-warn-fifa-world-cup-partners-could-be-putting-customers-at-risk-of-email-attacks

 

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https://www.theblock.co/post/397814/russia-linked-grinex-exchange-suspends-operations-15-million-hack-hostile-states

 

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https://nexphone.com/

 

Cybersecurity Alert: Fake Harmony Voice Site Targets Users in Social Engineering Scam

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Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone

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An iCloud backup helped uncover a $320M crime ring in Brazil

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C12 Unveils Roadmap, Targets Useful Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing by 2033

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Fake Zoom SDK Update Spreads Sapphire Sleet Malware in New macOS Attack Chain

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CISA flags Apache ActiveMQ flaw as actively exploited in attacks

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Grinex exchange blames "Western intelligence" for $13.7M crypto hack

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At least a dozen crypto entities attacked since Drift Protocol hack

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Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

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Microsoft experts warn North Korean attackers target macOS users with 'a highly reliable infection chain' to steal passwords, financial data and more

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The Saudi pullback from sports investing shows even the ultra-wealthy are trying to cut costs

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New RecruitRat, SaferRat, Astrinox, Massiv Android Malware Found Targeting 800 Apps

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Microsoft Qubit Just Changed Quantum Computing Forever — And Nobody's Talking About It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lXfubxPFKs

 

RHEA Finance Suffers $18.4 Million Loss in Hack

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Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/payouts-king-ransomware-uses-qemu-vms-to-bypass-endpoint-security/

 

Vitalik Buterin Warns of DNS Attack on eth.limo

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/313789721479426

 

Congresswoman Biggs discloses six-figure BlackRock bitcoin ETF buy as BTC rebounds

https://www.theblock.co/post/397939/congresswoman-biggs-six-figure-blackrock-bitcoin-etf-buy-btc-rebounds

 

Three Microsoft Defender Zero-Days Actively Exploited; Two Still Unpatched

https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/three-microsoft-defender-zero-days.html

 

Sounding the Alarm on American Debt

https://dailyreckoning.com/sounding-the-alarm-on-american-debt/

 

Nexcorium Mirai Variant Weaponises TBK DVR Vulnerability in Fresh IoT Botnet Push

https://gbhackers.com/nexcorium-mirai-variant-weaponizes-tbk-dvr-vulnerability/

 

A group of investors claims Circle allowed attackers to move around $230M in USDC from Solana to Ethereum without stopping the transfers

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/313389951353393

 

Legislators Will Make Offline Hardware Brick Itself, And All Hardware Makers Face Infinite Fines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beZAkeJcv80

 

Microsoft now offering chance to win $1 million or a car if you switch to Edge

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Proliferate Is Hiring Founding Engineers

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/L3copvK-founding-engineer

 

Binance to Host Toncoin Trading Tournament with $400,000 Prize Pool

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/312776601148258

 

Kyber Is Hiring a Head of Engineering

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kyber/jobs/TcEa3b5-head-of-engineering

 

Celine Dion & Ed Sheeran - You Are My Always

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