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Ancient Excel bug comes out of retirement for active attacks

Wed, 15/04/2026 - 12:46
Vuln old enough to drive lands on CISA's exploited list

While Microsoft was rolling out its bumper Patch Tuesday updates this week, US cybersecurity agency CISA was readying an alert about a 17-year-old critical Excel flaw now under exploit.…

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Raspberry Pi OS ends open-door policy for sudo

Wed, 15/04/2026 - 12:35
Command prefix will require password by default

The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS now requires a password for sudo by default.…

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UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk

Wed, 15/04/2026 - 11:15
Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed

Britain has spent years wiring its public sector into US Big Tech, and a new report says that dependence could quickly become a national security headache.…

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Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven't warned users

Wed, 15/04/2026 - 09:01
Researchers who found the flaws scored beer money bounties and warn the problem is probably pervasive

Exclusive  Security researchers hijacked three popular AI agents that integrate with GitHub Actions by using a new type of prompt injection attack to steal API keys and access tokens, and the vendors who run agents didn’t disclose the problem.…

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