Kurz: Die Gesetzesbasis zur anlasslosen Suche nach Missbrauchsmaterial ist erloschen. Google, Meta Microsoft & Co. halten dennoch an der umstrittenen Praxis fest.
Missing Link: Wir suchen Terroristen (m/w/d) (2026-04-05 07:00 UTC)
Kurz: Das Bundeskriminalamt und der Bundesnachrichtendienst feiern Jubiläen – und fordern zum Geburtstag weitreichende neue Kompetenzen für die digitale Welt.
Traffic violation scams switch to QR codes in new phishing texts (2026-04-05 19:44 UTC)
Kurz: Scammers are sending fake “Notice of Default” traffic violation text messages impersonating state courts across the U.S., pressuring recipients to scan a QR code that leads to a phishing site demanding a $6.99 payment while stealing persona…
New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch released (2026-04-05 18:45 UTC)
Kurz: Fortinet has released an emergency weekend security update for a new critical FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks. […]
Kurz: Hackers are running a large-scale campaign to steal credentials in an automated way after exploiting React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) in vulnerable Next.js apps. […]
$285 Million Drift Hack Traced to Six-Month DPRK Social Engineering Operation (2026-04-05 18:25 UTC)
Kurz: Drift has revealed that the April 1, 2026, attack that led to the theft of $285 million was the culmination of a months-long targeted and meticulously planned social engineering operation undertaken by the Democratic People’s Republic of Ko…
Kurz: Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest cr…
Kurz: Fortinet has released out-of-band patches for a critical security flaw impacting FortiClient EMS that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score: 9.1), has been described as a pre-authen…