Today's Cybersecurity Pulse
Microsoft's April Patch Tuesday sets record with 165 updates
Microsoft released its largest Patch Tuesday to date, delivering 165 updates that address roughly 340 unique CVEs across Windows, Office, Edge, SQL Server and .NET. The rollout includes two zero‑day vulnerabilities, one already being exploited in the wild, prompting the Readiness team to advise immediate patching.
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By the numbers: Artemis raises $70M Series A/seed round
Microsoft, Stellantis Ink Five‑Year AI Deal to Transform Vehicle Software
Microsoft and Stellantis announced a five‑year strategic partnership to co‑develop more than 100 AI initiatives, migrate the automaker’s IT to Azure, and boost cybersecurity. The deal aims to close the technology gap with software‑centric rivals and give Stellantis a unified cloud foundation for future vehicle services.
Rust Tailscale Library Expands with C, Elixir, Python Bindings
tailscale-rs It is a work-in-progress Tailscale library written in Rust, with language bindings to C, Elixir, and Python. https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-rs
AI Emerges as Leading Data Security Threat
AI Becomes A Top Data Security Concern - Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News - FintechNewsCH https://t.co/c4BCBKY7Qu https://t.co/5EUNVC4oiQ
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Meets White House Chief of Staff Over Access to Mythos AI Model
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei sat down with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on April 17 to negotiate government access to the company’s Mythos AI model. The meeting, described as “productive and constructive,” comes as the Pentagon has...
DeFi Hacks Surge After $280 Million Drift Protocol Exploit, Raising Banking Security Concerns
More than a dozen DeFi protocols have been compromised in the two weeks after the $280 million Drift Protocol exploit on April 1. The cascade of attacks, including a $7.6 million breach at Rhea Finance, underscores the growing vulnerability of crypto‑linked assets that...
Nigeria’s Digital Payments Surge, but Fraud Losses Top $110 M
Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem has expanded more than 300% since 2019, processing trillions of naira each month. At the same time, fraud losses have surged past ₦52 billion ($113 million), exposing gaps in security. Regulators and banks are now racing to align...
IBM Urges Immediate Shift to Quantum‑Safe Crypto as Quantum PCs Near Breakthrough
IBM announced that fault‑tolerant quantum computers may reach cryptographic relevance by the end of the decade, prompting the company to accelerate its quantum‑safe roadmap. The tech giant highlighted its role in co‑authoring three of four NIST post‑quantum algorithms in 2024...
Zoom Adds World ID Biometric Verification to Curb Deepfake Fraud in Meetings
Zoom announced a partnership with Sam Altman’s World ID to embed biometric human verification into its video‑conferencing platform. The new "Verified Human" badge, backed by iris‑scan technology, targets deep‑fake fraud that has already cost businesses more than $200 million in the...
AI Security Startup Artemis Raises $70M to Combat AI‑Driven Cyber Threats
AI‑security startup Artemis announced a $70 million Series A, led by Felicis Ventures, as it emerges from stealth. The funding will accelerate its AI‑native defense platform that processes billions of events per hour and promises sub‑five‑minute investigations.
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Sparks Call for AI Identity Frameworks to Curb Untraceable Cybercrime
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos on April 7, a generative AI model that autonomously discovers and exploits zero‑day vulnerabilities with a 72.4% success rate. Security researchers say the model’s capabilities make attribution nearly impossible, urging regulators to create identity and accountability frameworks...
Tools Are Easy; Business‑focused Risk Understanding Is Hard
The more time I spend in security, the more I believe tools are the easy part. Understanding risk in a way the business cares about and then acting on it is where most teams struggle.
AI Scams Just Cost Americans $21 BILLION… and That’s only the Beginning. #Shorts #Cybersecurity #AI
The video highlights a surge in AI‑powered fraud, noting that Americans lost $21 billion in 2025 to scams that employ synthetic voices, deep‑fake videos and crypto‑payment traps, and ties this to a broader shift in how government services respond. It explains that...
OpenAI Just Solved the Wrong Problem in Cybersecurity #ai #cybersecurity #openai
OpenAI announced a new program called Trusted Access for cybersecurity, a framework that restricts powerful AI capabilities to verified users rather than imposing functional limits. The initiative requires identity verification and grants advanced model access only to trusted researchers, enterprises,...
🔴 Apr 17's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1113
The "Top Cyber News NOW!" video delivers a concise daily briefing for cybersecurity professionals, highlighting the latest threats, policy updates, and emerging tools. It promotes ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust platform for ransomware mitigation, Flare.io’s automated response solutions, and Antisyphon’s pay‑what‑you‑can training....
Techstrong TV - April 17, 2026
Techstrong TV featured four leaders highlighting emerging security challenges in AI‑driven enterprises. Jeff Williams of Contrast Security explained that AI can now locate every vulnerability in a codebase, yet organizations still need an average of six months to remediate them,...
‘The Face Thing Is Probably Going to Break’ — Sam Altman-Backed Firm Warns AI Will Soon Outgrow Facial Recognition, but...
Tools for Humanity, backed by Sam Altman, warns that AI‑generated faces will soon render traditional facial‑recognition unreliable. Its World ID system, anchored by the Orb device, has received a protocol upgrade that enables broader human‑verification use cases. The company is piloting...
Site Updates/Requests + DDoS Attack
Doctor of Credit announced that its website is currently under a DDoS attack, prompting a temporary block on older browsers and intermittent downtime. The team has completed most of the immediate to‑do list, including a report/flag feature, newsletter unsubscribe fix,...
China and U.S. Data Rules Cramp Legal‑Tech Cross‑Border Flows
China’s April 7 Regulations on Industrial and Supply Chain Security and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Data Security Program create opposing obligations for legal‑tech providers that move client data across the Pacific. The clash forces vendors to redesign contracts, architecture and...
AI‑Driven Hack Exfiltrates 195 Million Records From Nine Mexican Agencies
A cyber‑espionage campaign that ran from Dec 2025 to Feb 2026 used Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s GPT‑4.1 to breach nine Mexican government agencies, exfiltrating 195 million personal identities, 15.5 million vehicle records and millions of property and civil documents. Researchers say AI acted as...