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Britain's push to shield children from online perils now targets a surprising foe: virtual private networks. The VPN Trust Initiative, a coalition backed by NordVPN, Surfshark,...

Proton CEO Sounds Alarm: Age Checks Threaten to Lock Down the Open Web with Mandatory ID Scans

Andy Yen doesn't mince words. The Proton CEO warns that age verification mandates sweeping U.S. states will transform the internet into a vast ID checkpoint. Adults everywher...

Botnets Explode to 13.5 Million Devices: Inside the 2Tbps DDoS Onslaught Reshaping Network Defenses

Hackers unleashed a DDoS attack peaking above 2Tbps on a betting firm last quarter. It lasted over 40 minutes. Eleven spikes hammered the target, four topping 1Tbps each. No suc...

Kelp DAO’s $290 Million Bridge Heist Ignites DeFi’s Worst Run on Aave

A hacker struck Kelp DAO's cross-chain bridge on April 18, 2026, at 17:35 UTC. Nearly 116,500 rsETH—worth about $290 million—vanished in one transaction. This restaking token...

China’s Router Armies: How Beijing’s Hackers Weaponize Everyday Devices for Global Espionage

China-linked hackers have turned millions of household routers, webcams, and smart devices into invisible armies of proxies, masking their intrusions into critical networks worl...

Apple’s Hidden Notification Trap: How FBI Pulled Deleted Signal Texts from iPhone Ghosts

A suspect thought he'd erased his tracks. Signal app gone. Messages set to vanish. Yet the FBI pulled texts straight from the iPhone's guts.Those messages lingered in...

French ID Agency’s Massive Data Spill: 19 Million Records Hit the Hacking Market

France's Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés, or ANTS, handles the issuance of passports, national ID cards, driver's licenses, and residence permits. On April 15, 2026, it...

ASP.NET Core’s Hidden Crypto Flaw: How a Patch Tuesday Bug Left Linux and macOS Servers Exposed to Privilege Escalation

Microsoft's .NET team moved fast last week. They released version 10.0.6 of key packages during Patch Tuesday on April 14. Developers cheered the fixes. But soon, reports floode...

ASP.NET Core’s Hidden Crypto Flaw: How a Patch Tuesday Bug Left Linux and macOS Servers Exposed to Privilege Escalation

Microsoft's .NET team moved fast last week. They released version 10.0.6 of key packages during Patch Tuesday on April 14. Developers cheered the fixes. But soon, reports floode...

Hacker’s 19-Million Record Haul from France’s ID Agency Exposes National Security Flaws

A hacker's bold claim of swiping 19 million records from France's core identity management system has forced the government to confirm one of its biggest data exposures yet....

CanisterSprawl Worm Turns npm Developers into Malware Vectors in Latest Supply Chain Onslaught

Developers fired off npm install commands this week, unaware they were unleashing a self-replicating beast. Malicious versions of packages tied to Namastex Labs swept through wo...

Mac Malware’s New Prize: Developer Keys That Unlock Corporate Fortunes

Developers on macOS face a stealthy new threat. Two fresh malware strains, Phoenix Worm and ShadeStager, zero in on credentials that grant access to cloud servers, code repos...

Microsoft’s Bold Claim: Windows Defender Shields Most Users, Sidelines Third-Party Antivirus Rivals

Microsoft just drew a line in the sand. Windows 11's built-in Defender Antivirus handles everyday threats for the vast majority of users—no third-party software required. The...

Trojanized Antigravity Installers Hijack Accounts in Minutes Via Stolen Session Cookies

Developers hunting for Google's latest AI coding tool are walking into a trap. A fake download site at google-antigravity.com serves up what looks like the real deal: Antigravit...

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