NVIDIA Launches Ising — Open-Source AI Models That Could 10x Quantum Computing Reliability
What Happened NVIDIA has released Ising, the world’s first family of open-source AI models purpose-built to accelerate practical quantum computing. Rather than building quantum hardware, NVIDIA is positioning AI as…
ADT Confirms Data Breach — ShinyHunters Expose 5.5 Million Customer Records via Okta Vishing Attack
What Happened Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach affecting approximately 5.5 million customers, with the prolific ShinyHunters extortion group claiming responsibility. The attackers gained initial access by…
Critical Linux Zero-Day “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431) Enables Root Privilege Escalation Across Cloud Environments
What Happened A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431, dubbed “Copy Fail,” has been disclosed and is under active exploitation across major Linux distributions. The flaw allows any…
CISA Adds Actively Exploited SimpleHelp, Samsung MagicINFO, and D-Link Flaws to KEV Catalog
Summary CISA has added four actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, with a federal remediation deadline of May 8, 2026. The additions target flaws in SimpleHelp…
OpenAI Begins Rolling Out GPT-5.5-Cyber to Critical Infrastructure Defenders
Summary OpenAI has begun deploying GPT-5.5-Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused variant of its latest model, through a new “Trusted Access for Cyber” (TAC) program. CEO Sam Altman announced on April 30th that…
Chained CODESYS Vulnerabilities Could Give Attackers Root Control Over Industrial Devices
Summary Nozomi Networks Labs has disclosed a chain of three vulnerabilities in the widely-used CODESYS Control runtime that, when exploited together, allow attackers to gain root-level control over industrial devices.…
Pentagon Signs AI Deals With 7 Tech Giants to Deploy AI on Classified Military Networks
Summary The Pentagon announced agreements on May 1st with seven leading technology companies — SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection — to deploy their AI capabilities…
Vercel Breach Traced to Compromised Context.ai — Third-Party AI Tool Used as Attack Vector
Summary Web infrastructure provider Vercel confirmed a security incident on April 19, 2026, after discovering that unauthorized access to its systems was achieved through the compromise of Context.ai, a third-party…
Medtronic Confirms Data Breach After ShinyHunters Claim Theft of 9 Million Records
Summary Medical device giant Medtronic has confirmed a data security incident affecting its corporate IT systems after the ShinyHunters cybercrime group claimed to have stolen over nine million records containing…
Z.ai Releases GLM-5.1 — A 754B Open-Source Model That Can Code Autonomously for 8 Hours Straight
Summary Z.ai has released GLM-5.1, a 754-billion-parameter open-weight model purpose-built for autonomous software engineering. Released under the MIT License, it’s the most capable open-source coding model to date — and…