Monthly Archives: April 2026

Laser-powered wireless hits 360 Gbps and uses half the energy of Wi-Fi

A new breakthrough in wireless technology could dramatically boost internet speeds while cutting energy use—by switching from radio waves to light. Researchers have developed a tiny chip packed with dozens of miniature lasers that can transmit massive amounts of data simultaneously, reaching speeds over 360 gigabits per second in early tests.
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With 2027 budget request coming, program duplication is a hot topic

Reps. Tim Burchett and Melanie Stansbury are working with the administration on legislation to make it easier to identify and rescind duplicative programs.
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With 2027 budget request coming, program duplication is a hot topic

Reps. Tim Burchett and Melanie Stansbury are working with the administration on legislation to make it easier to identify and rescind duplicative programs.
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IBM, Arm team up to tackle enterprise AI workloads

Their dual-architecture hardware stands to expand mainframe use cases, including reducing barriers for VMware migrations, according to a Gartner analyst.
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Lack of oversight threatens AI pilots as spending falls under scrutiny

CIOs are feeling the pressure to get data-backed results from AI experimentation, and most expect to cut their losses from projects that aren’t delivering.
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Software supply chain hacks trigger wave of intrusions, data theft

After linking the Axios npm supply chain attack to North Korean hackers, Google researchers warned that “hundreds of thousands of stolen secrets could potentially be circulating” as a result of this and the Trivy, KICS, LiteLLM, and Telnyx supply chain attacks (linked to TeamPCP). “This could enable further software supply chain attacks, software as a service (SaaS) environment compromises (leading to downstream customer compromises), ransomware and extortion events, and cryptocurrency theft over the near term,” … More → The post Software supply chain hacks trigger wave of intrusions, data theft appeared first on Help Net Security.
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New Red Hat subscription simplifies long-term enterprise Linux support

Red Hat has announced Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Premium, a new subscription that provides a predictable 14-year life cycle for major Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases. This stand-alone subscription consolidates extended support, simplifying the management of multiple support streams. It helps organizations maintain their most sensitive, change-averse workloads on a single, hardened foundation for more than a decade. As enterprises deploy full-scale production, the underlying infrastructure relies on consistency. Frequent minor release … More → The post New Red Hat subscription simplifies long-term enterprise Linux support appeared first on Help Net Security.
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DarkSword exploit forces Apple to loosen its patching policy

Apple has extended security updates to a wider range of devices still running iOS 18, aiming to protect users from the DarkSword exploit kit. This is not the first time Apple has backported fixes for older devices based on vulnerability severity. Allowing iOS 18 users to receive patches without upgrading to iOS 26, however, signals a shift in its long-standing security approach following the discovery of the DarkSword and Coruna exploit kits. When iOS 26 … More → The post DarkSword exploit forces Apple to loosen its patching policy appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Workers don’t know how to use AI — and employers are to blame, research finds

There’s an “alarming” lack of proficiency when it comes to workers’ understanding of AI, a principal analyst at Forrester said.
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TrueConf zero-day vulnerability exploited to target government networks

Suspected China-nexus attackers have leveraged a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-3502) in the TrueConf client application to distribute malware within government networks in Southeast Asia, Check Point researchers discovered. Malicious client update attack chain (Source: Check Point) Trusted update mechanism turned into attack vector TrueConf is a videoconferencing platform designed to run on private local networks (LANs) without internet access, which makes it attractive to government departments, defense institutions, and critical infrastructure operators. Consequently, the solution is … More → The post TrueConf zero-day vulnerability exploited to target government networks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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