In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe
2026-04-24T08:51:53Z•9c60f2fda59e4caea22c443de992fa001bf5c55c145a7f7597de28c081cb1217
AI‑securityASP.NETAnthropicFirefoxGPUIranLinuxMicrosoftNvidiaPQCQ‑DayRowhammerRussiacredential‑theftcritical‑infrastructurecryptographymacOSmalwareopen‑source poisoning (supply‑chain)post-quantumquantum‑resistanceransomwarerouterssupply‑chainzero-day
What happened
Collection of April 2026 security stories: a ransomware family confirmed to be using post‑quantum cryptography, industry updates accelerating PQC readiness and revised Q‑Day timelines (Google → 2029); Microsoft emergency patch for ASP.NET authentication failures on macOS/Linux; Anthropic’s Mythos AI reportedly found 271 security bugs in Firefox 150; new GPU Rowhammer variants (GDDRHammer/GeForge/GPUBreach) that can grant full control of systems with Nvidia GPUs; Russia-linked mass compromise of consumer routers to steal credentials; Iran‑linked disruption of US critical infrastructure; OpenCl
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