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- The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Criticsby Dell Cameron on April 14, 2026 at 3:12 pm
Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.
- Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predatorsby Dell Cameron on April 13, 2026 at 4:01 pm
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
- The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problemby Paresh Dave on April 13, 2026 at 10:30 am
Last April, a hacker hijacked crosswalk announcements to mimic Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Records obtained by WIRED reveal how unprepared local authorities were.
- Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBIby Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron on April 11, 2026 at 10:30 am
Plus: Iran’s internet blackout hits the 1,000-hour mark, cryptocurrency scams result in a record amount of money stolen from Americans, and more.
- How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectorsby Gia Chaudry on April 11, 2026 at 9:30 am
From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
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- New PHP Composer Flaws Enable Arbitrary Command Execution — Patches Releasedby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on April 14, 2026 at 3:57 pm
Two high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Composer, a package manager for PHP, that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities have been described as command injection flaws affecting the Perforce VCS (version control software) driver. Details of the two flaws are below – CVE-2026-40176 (CVSS
- Google Adds Rust-Based DNS Parser into Pixel 10 Modem to Enhance Securityby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on April 14, 2026 at 2:56 pm
Google has announced the integration of a Rust-based Domain Name System (DNS) parser into the modem firmware as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up the security of Pixel devices and push memory-safe code at a more foundational level. “The new Rust-based DNS parser significantly reduces our security risk by mitigating an entire class of vulnerabilities in a risky area, while also laying
- AI-Driven Pushpaganda Scam Exploits Google Discover to Spread Scareware and Ad Fraudby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on April 14, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have unmasked a novel ad fraud scheme that has been found to leverage search engine poisoning (SEO) techniques and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content to push deceptive news stories into Google’s Discover feed and trick users into enabling persistent browser notifications that lead to scareware and financial scams. The campaign, which has been
- Mirax Android RAT Turns Devices into SOCKS5 Proxies, Reaching 220,000 via Meta Adsby [email protected] (The Hacker News) on April 14, 2026 at 10:20 am
A nascent Android remote access trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching more than 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads through advertisements on Meta. “Mirax integrates advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capabilities, allowing threat actors to fully interact with compromised devices in real
- Analysis of 216M Security Findings Shows a 4x Increase In Critical Risk (2026 Report)by [email protected] (The Hacker News) on April 14, 2026 at 10:00 am
OX Security recently analyzed 216 million security findings across 250 organizations over a 90-day period. The primary takeaway: while raw alert volume grew by 52% year-over-year, prioritized critical risk grew by nearly 400%. The surge in AI-assisted development is creating a “velocity gap” where the density of high-impact vulnerabilities is scaling faster than









