‘BlueHammer’ Windows Zero-Day Exploit Signals Microsoft Bug Disclosure Issues Summary An anonymous researcher using the alias “Chaotic Eclipse” published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit called “BlueHammer” that targets a Windows Defender…
Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ APT Continues Its Global Onslaught Summary New research from Trend Micro and warnings from the FBI and other national centres show that Fancy Bear (also known as…
Deere oh Deere: Tractor repair row heads for $99M settlement Published: 2026-04-09T17:00:07+00:00 Summary John Deere has agreed to a proposed $99 million settlement in an Illinois class action alleging the…
Daily briefing: AI spread information about an obviously made-up disease Summary Researchers uploaded two intentionally fake preprints describing a made-up condition called “bixonimania” to test how AI-powered search and chat…
I was with Artemis II’s scientists during the Moon fly-by. Here’s what I saw Article Date: 09 April 2026 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01138-y Article Image: https://media.nature.com/lw767/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01138-y/d41586-026-01138-y_52266006.jpg Summary Nature correspondent Alexandra Witze…
Female mice grow testes after this single DNA tweak Summary Researchers report that a single-letter change in a non-coding DNA region called Enh13 can cause genetically female (XX) mouse embryos…
Ambiphilic cross-coupling with aryl-bismuth reagents Article Date: 09 April 2026 Authors: Byeongdo Roh, Benedict A. Williams & Josep Cornella Source DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10486-8 Summary The authors report a new class of…
Security researchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing at users. It could have been a lot worse Summary Security researchers from RSAC demonstrated that Apple Intelligence’s on-device language model can be…
Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process Summary Two prominent open-source developers — Mounir Idrassi (VeraCrypt) and Jason Donenfeld (WireGuard) — were temporarily locked out of their…
Months-old Adobe Reader zero-day uses PDFs to size up targets Summary Security researcher Haifei Li (EXPMON) has flagged an active campaign that exploits an apparent zero-day in Adobe Acrobat Reader.…
