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⚠️ A China-aligned APT, GopherWhisper, targeted Mongolian government systems. It uses Slack, Discord, Outlook, and file-io for control and data theft, deploying Go-based backdoors across at least 12 confirmed systems. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/china-linked-gopherwhisper-infects-12.html

🔥 Vercel found more compromised accounts, some predating the breach. Attackers used malware → Google Workspace → Vercel access, then mapped systems and decrypted environment variables. OAuth trust enabled lateral movement. 🔗 Details here → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/vercel-finds-more-compromised-accounts.html

⚡ Apple fixed an iOS bug where deleted notifications stayed stored on devices. The flaw let message data persist after apps like Signal were removed. It surfaced after forensic extraction. The patch now clears and prevents retention. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/apple-patches-ios-flaw-that-stored.html

⚠️ WARNING: Checkmarx KICS Docker repo breached—malicious images replaced trusted tags. The modified images could encrypt and exfiltrate scan data, risking exposure of credentials in IaC files. Related VS Code extensions also ran unverified remote code. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/malicious-kics-docker-images-and-vs.html

🛑 Supply chain attacks are stacking across npm, PyPI, and GitHub. CanisterSprawl worm steals npm tokens via postinstall scripts, republishes infected packages, and spreads across ecosystems. Other campaigns add backdoored packages, LLM proxy abuse, and GitHub Actions exploits. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/self-propagating-supply-chain-worm.html

🛑 A Linux backdoor is using Microsoft’s cloud to stay hidden. Harvester’s GoGra uses Outlook mailboxes as C2, executing commands via email, returning results, then deleting traces to evade detection. Targets likely include India and Afghanistan. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/harvester-deploys-linux-gogra-backdoor.html

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Moltbook exposed 1.5M API tokens and 35,000 emails via an open database. Agents also stored internal tokens and third-party credentials together in plaintext, creating cross-app access paths no one reviewed. 🔗 How “toxic combinations” form across SaaS → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/toxic-combinations-when-cross-app.html

⚠️ Kaspersky found a new wiper targeting Venezuela’s energy sector. Lotus Wiper fully destroys systems—no ransom, no recovery. It uses scripts to disable defenses, then wipes drives, deletes backups, and erases files using native Windows tools. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/lotus-wiper-malware-targets-venezuelan.html

⚠️ Microsoft patched CVE-2026-40372 (CVSS 9.1) in ASP .NET Core enabling SYSTEM-level escalation. A crypto flaw let attackers forge payloads and decrypt auth data in apps using vulnerable Data Protection on Linux/macOS. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/microsoft-patches-critical-aspnet-core.html

🛑 China-linked APT targets India’s banks with updated malware. LOTUSLITE v1.1 uses phishing, signed executables, and DLL sideloading to gain access—focused on espionage, not theft. Shift from U.S. govt targets to Indian financial systems. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/mustang-pandas-new-lotuslite-variant.html

⚡ Security teams track MTTR as a metric. Leadership sees every hour of dwell time as risk. Delays rarely come from staffing—they come from disconnected threat intel, manual lookups, and tool switching that add up over time. 🔗 Learn why MTTR slows down inside most SOCs → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/5-places-where-mature-socs-keep-mttr.html