Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ APT Continues Its Global Onslaught
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…
‘BlueHammer’ Windows Zero-Day Exploit Signals Microsoft Bug Disclosure Issues
‘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…
I was with Artemis II’s scientists during the Moon fly-by. Here’s what I saw
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…
Daily briefing: AI spread information about an obviously made-up disease
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…
Deere oh Deere: Tractor repair row heads for $99M settlement
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…
Ambiphilic cross-coupling with aryl-bismuth reagents
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…
Female mice grow testes after this single DNA tweak
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…
The Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons
The Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons Article Date: 2026-04-09T13:25:21+00:00 Summary A team calling itself Explosive Media has been producing AI-generated, Lego-style videos that mock former president…
Months-old Adobe Reader zero-day uses PDFs to size up targets
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.…
Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process
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…