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Scot becomes second Scattered Spider-linked crook to plead guilty in US

Mon, 20/04/2026 - 18:22
Tyler Buchanan admits role in scheme that stole at least $8 million in virtual currency

A Scottish man linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime crew has pleaded guilty in the US to a phishing and SIM-swap scheme that stole at least $8 million in cryptocurrency.…

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Microsoft releases Windows Server update fix to fix its April update fixes

Mon, 20/04/2026 - 14:15
Out-of-band or out of control?

Microsoft has pushed out an out-of-band update to address the restart loop that hit some Windows Server devices after its April update.…

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Next.js developer Vercel warns of customer credential compromise

Mon, 20/04/2026 - 08:31
Blames outfit called Context.ai, which reckons an agentic OAuth tangle caused the incident

Vercel, the company that created the open source Next.js web development framework, has a data leak that led to compromise of some customer credentials, and blamed an outfit called Context.ai for the mess.…

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