New social media platform Bond hopes to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit
Traditional social media sites are designed to keep us glued to our devices and our eyes glued to retinal feeds of memes and silly videos in order to create more engaging advertising platforms. But in recent years, a proliferation of companies have sought to capitalize on user burnout, encouraging users to engage in IRL experiences […]
Neanderthal infants grew faster than modern humans, probably because they evolved in harsh environments
Neanderthal infants grew faster than modern human infants, perhaps as an adaptation to living in cold, harsh environments, a new study suggests. The discovery, made using bones of young Neanderthals discovered in the Amdo Cave in northern Israel in the 1990s, suggests that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) followed different evolutionary paths after splitting […]
‘Countries need to prepare now’: Major Atlantic currents are much closer to collapse than scientists thought
The Atlantic currents, which are essential to keeping the Earth’s climate in check, may be halved in strength by 2100 and may be closer to collapse than originally thought, a new study has found. The Atlantic Meridian Circulation (AMOC) acts as an oceanic conveyor belt, circulating warm water north from the tropics and cold water […]
Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to aiding and abetting 2023 BlackCat attack
Ravi LakshmananApril 21, 2026Insider Threat/Cybercrime A third person hired as a ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to conducting ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, worked with the operators of BlackCat ransomware starting in April 2023 to help the electronic crime syndicate extract larger amounts of ransom money. […]
Revolut aims for up to $200 billion valuation in eventual IPO
British neobank Revolut appears to be aiming for a huge valuation when it eventually goes public. The company is targeting a market capitalization of $150 billion to $200 billion in its initial public offering, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous investor sources. The fintech giant, which received a full banking license in the UK […]
5 places mature SOCs keep their MTTR fast and other SOCs are wasting their time
Security teams often present MTTR as an internal KPI. Management has a different view. Every hour that a threat exists in your environment can result in data breaches, service interruptions, regulatory exposure, and brand damage. The root cause of slow MTTR is rarely a “lack of analysts.” It’s almost always the same structural problem: threat […]
Cash App targets a new type of customer between the ages of 6 and 12
Technology companies are always looking for new customers, and Cash Up, the fintech company owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, believes it has found a promising new demographic: children. The company, which already provides financial services to teenagers, announced this week that it will expand its youth-focused services to build relationships with Generation Alpha and the […]
The US Espionage Act is about to expire, and lawmakers are divided over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance.
A long-standing law that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of foreign communications without a search warrant is set to expire on April 30, but lawmakers are deadlocked on whether to allow the Trump administration to extend the law unchanged. The law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance […]
How attackers get in through your front door via identity-based attacks
The cybersecurity industry has spent the last few years tracking advanced threats such as zero-days, supply chain breaches, and AI-powered exploits. However, the most reliable entry point for attackers remains the same. That’s credential theft. Identity-based attacks remain the primary initial access vector for breaches today. Attackers obtain valid credentials through stuffing credentials from previously […]
NGate campaign targets Brazil, trojanizes HandyPay to steal NFC data and PINs
Ravi LakshmananApril 21, 2026Mobile security/artificial intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android malware family called NGate. This version was found to be exploiting a legitimate application called HandyPay instead of NFCGate. “The attackers obtained an app used to relay NFC data and patched it with malicious code that appears to be […]
