Sierra’s Brett Taylor says the days of clicking buttons are over
Brett Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Sierra, a startup that develops customer service AI agents for enterprises, believes the way humans and software interact will change in the near future. Last month, Sierra released Ghostwriter, an agent designed to build other agents. The startup aims to replace traditional click-based web applications with natural language using […]
James Webb Telescope discovers ‘Stingray’ galaxy that could solve ‘little red dot’ mystery
Astronomers have discovered an intriguing triple galaxy called the Stingray that dates back to when the universe was just over 1.1 billion years old. A new analysis of creatures in the celestial sea has revealed an object that may provide clues about the nature of a mysterious cosmic object called a “little red dot” (LRD). […]
UAT-10362 Spear phishing campaign uses LucidRook malware to target NGOs in Taiwan
Ravi LakshmananApril 9, 2026Malware / Windows Security A previously undocumented threat cluster called UAT-10362 is believed to have originated from a spear-phishing campaign targeting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and universities in Taiwan that led to the introduction of a new Lua-based malware called LucidRook. “LucidRook is an advanced stager that embeds a Lua interpreter and a […]
The founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. He is currently building an “orbital fighter”
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s trying to do the same with his startup, Portal Space Systems. NASA is turning a shelved idea into a powerful propulsion force for the next generation of spacecraft. The portal, founded in 2021, on Thursday announced a $50 million […]
Collide Capital raises $95 million to back fintech, future of work startups
Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the closing of its $95 million Fund II. Founded in 2021, the company supports early-stage companies in fintech, supply chain, and the future of work. Since closing its first $66 million Fund I in 2022, it has supported 75 companies. Hollins said it took […]
Waymo robotaxis track potholes and share that data with Waze users
Two Alphabet companies are teaming up to discover potholes and share them with cities. Waymo and Waze on Thursday announced a data-sharing pilot program that brings together pothole data collected by robotaxis into the free Waze platform designed for cities. As the program expands, that data will be accessible in any city or state in […]
Hybrid P2P Botnet, 13-Year-Old Apache RCE and 18 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananApr 09, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Thursday. Another week, another batch of things that probably should’ve been caught sooner but weren’t. This one’s got some range — old vulnerabilities getting new life, a few “why was that even possible” moments, attackers leaning on platforms and tools you’d normally trust without thinking twice. Quiet escalations more than […]
The hidden security risks of shadow AI in the enterprise
As AI tools become more accessible, employees are adopting them without formal approval from IT or security teams. These tools may increase productivity, automate tasks, and fill gaps in existing workflows, but they also operate behind the scenes of security teams, bypassing their controls and creating new blind spots for so-called shadow AI. Although similar […]
Starting in December 2025, Adobe Reader will be exploited as a zero-day via a malicious PDF
Ravi LakshmananApril 9, 2026Vulnerability/Threat Intelligence Threat actors have been using maliciously crafted PDF documents to exploit previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader since at least December 2025. The discovery, detailed by EXPMON’s Haifei Li, is described as a highly sophisticated PDF exploit. This artifact (“Invoice540.pdf”) first appeared on the VirusTotal platform on November 28, […]
Scientists develop new type of encryption to protect video files from quantum computing attacks
Computer scientists announced that they have developed a new encryption technique designed to protect sensitive data from quantum computers powerful enough to crack today’s cryptographic systems, one of the most pressing threats in cybersecurity. In a study published in February 2025 in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (but published in a statement on March 2, […]