Tesla adds statistics like ‘streak’ to track how often drivers use fully self-driving software
Tesla is rolling out a new self-driving app that makes it easy for owners to subscribe to its fully self-driving software and see statistics about how and how often they use it. The app displays information about the FSD, including multi-day streaks, adding a gamified element to driver assistance software. In its post about X, […]
AI-driven Pushpaganda scam exploits Google Discover to spread scareware and ad fraud
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new ad fraud scheme that uses search engine poisoning (SEO) techniques and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content to push deceptive news articles into Google’s Discover feed and trick users into enabling persistent browser notifications that lead to scareware and financial fraud. The campaign was found targeting Android and Chrome users’ personalized […]
How the vibe coding app “Anything” is rebuilt after being launched from the App Store twice
Apple has taken a tough stance on the Vibecoding app, blocking updates and removing the app from the App Store. Affected apps include Replit, Vibecode, and Anything. The Anything app was removed twice while Replit and Vibecode updates were paused. The company is currently exploring new ways for users to build apps for mobile devices, […]
Google adds Rust-based DNS parser to Pixel 10 modems for added security
Ravi LakshmananApril 14, 2026Mobile security / network security Google announced that it is integrating a Rust-based Domain Name System (DNS) parser into its modem firmware as part of its continued efforts to strengthen the security of Pixel devices and push memory-safe code at a more fundamental level. “The new Rust-based DNS parser significantly reduces security […]
Lucid Motors names new CEO, raises more funding from Uber and Saudi Arabia
Lucid Motors has finally appointed longtime industry executive Silvio Napoli as its new CEO, ending a more than year-long search for a CEO following the sudden departure of former CEO Peter Rawlinson. The company announced Tuesday that Mr. Napoli, who has held various leadership positions at elevator and escalator company Schindler Group over the past […]
Mirax Android RAT turns devices into SOCKS5 proxies and reaches 220,000 via meta ads
An earlier Android remote access Trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching over 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads through ads on Meta. Clafy, an Italian online fraud prevention company, said: “Mirax integrates advanced remote access Trojan (RAT) capabilities, allowing attackers full interaction with compromised devices in […]
Analysis of 216 million security findings reveals 4x increase in critical risks (2026 report)
hacker newsApril 14, 2026Application Security/DevSecOps OX Security recently analyzed 216 million security findings across 250 organizations over a 90-day period. The key takeaway is that outstanding alert volume increased by 52% year-over-year, while high-priority critical risks increased by nearly 400%. The proliferation of AI-assisted development is creating a “velocity gap” where the density of high-impact […]
Physicists witnessed the needle of darkness traveling faster than the speed of light without violating the theory of relativity
For the first time, researchers have discovered that voids in the sky are moving faster than the speed of light. And they jumped the speed limit of the universe without breaking the theory of relativity. Recent studies have shown void acceleration. The researchers used recent advances in ultrafast electron microscopy to measure the voids of […]
108 malicious Chrome extensions steal Google and Telegram data, affecting 20,000 users
Ravi LakshmananApril 14, 2026Data theft / browser security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions were found to be communicating with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of harvesting user data and enabling browser-level exploits by injecting ads and arbitrary JavaScript code into every […]
ShowDoc RCE flaw CVE-2025-0520 Actively exploited on unpatched servers
Ravi LakshmananApril 14, 2026Vulnerability/Network Security A critical security vulnerability affecting ShowDoc, a popular document management and collaboration service in China, is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0520 (also known as CNVD-2020-26585), which has a CVSS score of 9.4 out of 10.0. This is related to the unrestricted file upload case […]