Tech & Science
Trump Intervenes to Save AI-Generated Women in Unidentified Location
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump successfully intervened to prevent the termination of AI-generated women on Tuesday, according to emerging details surrounding the incident. The event, which...
Malicious Software Components Compromise Global Development Infrastructure
LONDON — Malicious software components were distributed through official repositories on Tuesday, compromising critical development infrastructure and enabling potential data exfiltration across globa...
Anthropic AI Model Identifies 271 Firefox Vulnerabilities in Security Scan
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI model has identified 271 security vulnerabilities in Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, marking a significant milestone in automated cybersecurity analysis. Th...
Oracle releases 481 security patches in April 2026 Critical Patch Update
Oracle Corp. released 481 new security patches on Saturday as part of its April 2026 Critical Patch Update, addressing approximately 450 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures across 28 product f...
London Police Win High Court Ruling on Facial Recognition Use
LONDON (AP) — The Metropolitan Police secured a decisive legal victory on Tuesday, as the High Court ruled that their deployment of live facial recognition technology across London is lawful and compl...
Microsoft Launches Efficiency Mode for Teams to Boost Performance on Resource-Limited Devices
Microsoft announced Tuesday the rollout of a new Efficiency Mode for Microsoft Teams, designed to enhance application responsiveness and meeting quality on personal computers with limited processing p...
UK Dental Practices Accelerate Adoption of Artificial Intelligence for Patient Care
LONDON (April 22, 2026) — Dental professionals across the United Kingdom are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence into their practices to streamline patient management, refine treatment pl...
North Korean Hackers Launch Fresh macOS Attacks on Global Financial Sector
SEOUL — North Korean state-sponsored hackers launched a new wave of cyberattacks targeting financial organizations worldwide, exploiting macOS vulnerabilities to install information-stealing malware. ...
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patches for Critical ASP.NET Core Vulnerability
Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security patches Tuesday to address a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in its ASP.NET Core framework. The flaw, designated CVE-2026-40372, allowed u...
State-Backed Harvester Group Deploys New Linux Malware in South Asia
NEW DELHI (AP) — A state-backed espionage group known as Harvester has deployed a new Linux variant of the GoGra backdoor malware, targeting telecommunications, government, and information technology ...
Google Antigravity Platform Hit by Sandbox Escape Flaw, Fake Installers
SAN FRANCISCO — Google's Antigravity development platform is facing a coordinated security threat involving a critical sandbox escape vulnerability and a proliferation of fraudulent installer websites...
Critical Vulnerability in Cohere AI Sandbox Allows Remote Code Execution
A critical security flaw in Cohere AI's open-source Python sandbox, Terrarium, allows attackers to execute arbitrary root code and escape container boundaries, researchers confirmed Tuesday. The vuln...
Microsoft Identifies Graph API Change as Cause of Universal Print Sharing Disruption
Microsoft has identified a recent code modification to its Graph API as the root cause of ongoing disruptions affecting Universal Print sharing capabilities globally. The issue, confirmed by the compa...
Microsoft Issues Critical Patch for ASP.NET Core Privilege Escalation Flaw
Microsoft released an out-of-band security update Tuesday to address a critical vulnerability in its ASP.NET Core framework that could allow unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM-level privileges o...
Over 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint Servers Remain Vulnerable to Active Spoofing Attacks
WASHINGTON — More than 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint servers across the United States remain unpatched against a critical spoofing vulnerability that threat actors are actively exploiting in ongoing atta...
Mozilla patches critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, Thunderbird
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mozilla has issued urgent security updates for its Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client after discovering multiple vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute ar...
DeepL Chrome Extension Patched After Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Found
FRANKFURT (AP) — DeepL, the German machine translation service, has patched a security vulnerability in its Chrome browser extension that could have allowed attackers to execute malicious scripts on u...
SANS Internet Storm Center Warns of Three Emerging Cyber Threats
AMSTERDAM — The SANS Internet Storm Center issued a security briefing Tuesday alerting organizations to three distinct cyber threats, including a malware-laden audio file, a phishing vulnerability on ...
UrkArmoTech Unveils New 'Scythian' Armored Personnel Carrier
URKARMOTECH has unveiled a new tracked armored personnel carrier designated the 'Scythian,' marking a significant addition to its military vehicle lineup. The announcement was made on April 22, 2026, ...
Global Cyberattacks Surge as Hackers Exploit Critical Bomgar RMM Flaw
LONDON (AP) — A wave of cyberattacks targeting remote management software has spread globally after threat actors exploited a critical security vulnerability in Bomgar RMM systems, leading to widespre...
Global Cyberattack Exploits MFA Weaknesses to Target Trusted Accounts
LONDON (AP) — A coordinated series of cyberattacks targeting multi-factor authentication systems has swept across global organizations, exploiting vulnerabilities in security workflows to steal creden...
Critical Vulnerability Discovered in Terrarium Sandbox Platform
LONDON (April 21, 2026) — A critical security vulnerability identified in Terrarium, a widely used sandbox-based code execution platform, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privilege...
North Korea-Linked Hackers Exploit AI Personas to Infiltrate Remote Workforces
SEOUL — A North Korea-aligned cyber threat actor known as Jasper Sleet is exploiting remote work hiring practices by using artificial intelligence to create fake digital personas and infiltrate organi...
AI Tools Emerge as New Cyber Liability for Professional Services Sector
AI-powered tools are emerging as a significant new cyber liability for professional services firms, driven by the proliferation of Trojanized software applications. The shift marks a critical evoluti...
New 'Lotus' Malware Targets Venezuelan Energy Sector Amid Political Turmoil
CARACAS — A previously undocumented data-wiping malware dubbed Lotus has been deployed in targeted cyberattacks against energy and utilities organizations in Venezuela, state-run oil company PDVSA ann...
Bridewell Achieves Level 2 Defence Cyber Certification in UK
LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Bridewell has become one of the first organizations in the United Kingdom to achieve Level 2 Defence Cyber Certification (DCC), marking a significant milestone in the nati...
Critical Vulnerability in SGLang Enables Remote Code Execution via Malicious Model Files
A critical security vulnerability in the open-source SGLang library allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on systems processing malicious large language model files, researchers disclosed Monday....
Cyberattack Hits France's National ID System, Possible Data Breach Feared
PARIS — A cyberattack on France's national identity card system website has triggered concerns of a potential data breach, authorities confirmed Monday. The incident, detected on April 15, 2026, targe...
Cyberattackers Leverage AI and Stolen Credentials to Bypass Defenses
LONDON, April 21 (AP) — Cyberattackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to amplify identity-based attacks, leveraging stolen credentials to bypass traditional security defenses and execu...
Global Servers Hit by Active Exploitation of Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability
WASHINGTON — A high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ is being actively exploited across more than 6,400 servers worldwide, prompting urgent warnings from cybersecurity research...