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wab11 added to PyPI

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  • Published date: 2026-04-12 22:28:32

Python library for Weishaupt WAB11 heat pump control via Modbus TCP

A Python library for controlling Weishaupt WAB11 heat pump controllers via Modbus TCP. Features <ul><li>Digital Twin Pattern: Maintains a synchronized local representation of the heat pump state</l… [+7460 chars]

YC Startup School: Seed-stage capital in AI not enough, large companies amassing disproportionate funding, says general partner Ankit Gupta

  • Pranav Mukul, Samidha Sharma
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 18:05:44

India’s talent pool across colleges and universities are key for building next-gen startups, which is what YC is looking to tap into. It wants to target entrepreneurs building for global markets, focussed on fintech, consumer, B2B, and ecommerce, among others.

Theres too much capital going to a small number of companies at the very top, and not nearly enough going to seed stage firms where theres an insane number of possibilities, famed Silicon Valley acce… [+7015 chars]

Adobe fixes actively exploited Acrobat Reader flaw CVE-2026-34621

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 17:47:08

Adobe addressed a critical Acrobat Reader vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34621, which is actively exploited to run malicious code. Adobe released emergency updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34621 (CVSS score of 8.6), in Adob…

Adobe fixes actively exploited Acrobat Reader flaw CVE-2026-34621 Adobe released emergency updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34621 (CVSS score of 8.6), in Adobe Acroba… [+3371 chars]

cymrubogons added to PyPI

Team Cymru Bogon Reference Checker for IPv4, IPv6, and ASNs

Introduction Theoretical Background In the context of Internet routing, a Bogon refers to an IP address space that should not be visible in the global routing table. These are typically addresses t… [+6230 chars]

DNA-Level Encryption Developed by Researchers to Protect the Secrets of Bioengineered Cells

  • EditorDavid
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 15:34:00

The biotech industry's engineered cells could become an $8 trillion market by 2035, notes Phys.org. But how do you keep them from being stolen? Their article notes "an uptick in the theft and smuggling of high-value biological materials, including specially e…

In Science Advances, a team of U.S. researchers present a new approach to genetically securing precious biological material. They created a genetic combination lock in which the locking or encryption… [+853 chars]

Hacking women's political underrepresentation, Dutch-style

  • Laura Kabelka
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 13:59:00

Some 504 women were elected in recent Dutch local elections, with a "Vote for a Woman" campaign boosting their chances to gather preferential votes. Despite the record figure, women remain underrepresented.

Fatuma Muhumed is glowing as she arrives for an interview with DW just hours before her inauguration as a local councilor in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn her first political office, on top of … [+5871 chars]

reward-lens added to PyPI

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  • Published date: 2026-04-12 13:34:36

Mechanistic interpretability toolkit for reward models

Mechanistic interpretability toolkit for reward models. The first comprehensive open-source library for understanding what happens inside the models that define the RLHF training signal. Reward-lens… [+12934 chars]

Hackers claim control over Venice San Marco anti-flood pumps

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 13:34:28

Hackers breached Venice ’s San Marco flood system, claiming control of pumps and the ability to disable defenses and flood coastal areas. The technologies that govern the physical world are the quiet infrastructure of modern life. From energy grids to water s…

Hackers claim control over Venice San Marco anti-flood pumps The technologies that govern the physical world are the quiet infrastructure of modern life. From energy grids to water systems, from fac… [+7181 chars]

South Korea’s telecom giants surprise 7 million users with unlimited, universal internet — net access declared a 'basic telecommunications right,' 400 Kbps data after monthly plans run out

  • Luke James
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 10:20:00

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said that the country’s three major carriers will provide more than seven million mobile subscribers with unmetered 400 Kbps data.

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said on Thursday that SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus — the country’s three major carriers — will provide more than seven million mobile subscribers with unmete… [+2752 chars]

Auto advice: Can a car really be hacked?

  • Geraldine Herbert
  • Published date: 2026-04-12 04:30:00

Is it true that my car can be hacked?

Car software can be hacked like any computer - however carmakers invest heavily in security Yes. From engine management to drive assistance and even lighting, software governs many core functions, s… [+2017 chars]

Lunatic reportedly attacks US war plane with hatchet at Ireland airport, extensively damaging $75M craft (C-130)

  • NY Post
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 23:08:59

A maniac reportedly attacked a US war plane with a hatchet at a major civilian airport in Ireland Saturday, causing extensive damage at a controversial stopover site for American military. He snuck into restricted space at Shannon Airport in County Clare, whe…

Skip to comments. Lunatic reportedly attacks US war plane with hatchet at Ireland airport, extensively damaging $75M craft (C-130)NY Post ^ | 4/11/26 | Shane Galvin Posted on 04/11/2026 4:08:59… [+1951 chars]

Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S.

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 20:39:37

Censys researchers found 5,219 exposed Rockwell PLCs online, mostly in the U.S., urging defenders to secure or disconnect them. On April 7, 2026, U.S. agencies, including FBI, CISA, and NSA, warned of Iran-linked APTs exploiting internet-exposed Rockwell Auto…

Censys finds 5,219 devices exposed to attacks by Iranian APTs, majority in U.S., On April 7, 2026, U.S. agencies, including FBI, CISA, and NSA, warned of Iran-linked APTs exploiting internet-exposed… [+3383 chars]

Lunatic attacks US war plane with hatchet at Ireland airport, causing extensive damage to $75M aircraft: reports

  • Shane Galvin
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 19:10:39

An unidentified man snuck into restricted space at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Saturday, where the US Air Force’s C130 Hercules military transport aircraft was parked, local outlet The Journal reported.

A maniac reportedly attacked a US war plane with a hatchet at a major civilian airport in Ireland Saturday, causing extensive damage at a controversial stopover site for American military. He snuck … [+1387 chars]

【4月12日】看軍聞學英語

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  • Published date: 2026-04-11 16:30:00

■林國賓 原文: As the attacks have broken out into a wider conflagration that threatens to engulf the entirety of West Asia, theories are flying thick and fast about how Israel tracked Khamenei. From dental implants to a spy inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard C…

If you click 'Accept all', we and our partners, including 251 who are part of the IAB Transparency &amp; Consent Framework, will also store and/or access information on a device (in other words, use … [+1045 chars]

GlassWorm evolves with Zig dropper to infect multiple developer tools

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 16:27:02

The GlassWorm campaign uses a Zig-based dropper hidden in a fake IDE extension to infect developer tools and compromise systems. The GlassWorm campaign, active since 2025, has evolved from malicious npm packages to large-scale supply chain attacks across GitH…

GlassWorm evolves with Zig dropper to infect multiple developer tools The GlassWorm campaign, active since 2025, has evolved from malicious npm packages to large-scale supply chain attacks across Gi… [+2077 chars]

What’s Your Favorite Kind of Hack?

  • Elliot Williams
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 14:00:17

Talking with [Tom Nardi] on the podcast this week, he mentioned his favorite kind of hack: the community-developed open-source firmware that can be flashed into a commercial product that has …read more

Talking with [Tom Nardi] on the podcast this week, he mentioned his favorite kind of hack: the community-developed open-source firmware that can be flashed into a commercial product that has crappy f… [+1402 chars]

Rodrigo Girão Serrão: Personal highlights of PyCon Lithuania 2026

  • Rodrigo Girão Serrão
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 12:23:00

In this article I share my personal highlights of PyCon Lithuania 2026.

Shout out to the organisers and volunteers This was my second time at PyCon Lithuania and, for the second time in a row, I leave with the impression that everything was very well organised and smoot… [+8264 chars]

Google Chrome Update Disrupts Infostealer Cookie Theft

  • Deeba Ahmed
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 12:11:10

Google adds Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to Chrome 146, using hardware keys to block infostealer use of stolen session cookies on Windows.

Google has launched a new security feature for Chrome on Windows to prevent session theft by hackers. This update, called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC), is now available for Chrome 146 user… [+2888 chars]

Two different attackers poisoned popular open source tools - and showed us the future of supply chain compromise

  • Jessica Lyons
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 11:11:09

Time to start dropping SBOMs FEATURE  Two supply chain attacks in March infected open source tools with malware and used this access to steal secrets from tens of thousands – if not more – organizations. We won't know the full blast radius for months.…

FEATURE Two supply chain attacks in March infected open source tools with malware and used this access to steal secrets from tens of thousands if not more organizations. We won't know the full blast … [+13514 chars]

Tests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X

A research team at Specops benchmarked an RTX 5090, against two AI datacenter GPUs with Hashcat to see which GPU is the better password cracker. Spoiler alert, the RTX 5090 was the winner.

Compute power surrounding datacenter AI GPUs keeps growing at an extraordinary pace with each new GPU generation. This led a research team atSpecops to test whether some popular AI GPUs could also … [+2932 chars]

CVE-2026-39987: Marimo RCE exploited in hours after disclosure

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 09:44:44

A critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-39987, in the open-source Python notebook tool Marimo was exploited within 10 hours of disclosure. A critical flaw in Marimo, tracked as CVE-2026-39987 (CVSS score of 9.3) was exploited just 10 hours after disclosure (On A…

CVE-2026-39987: Marimo RCE exploited in hours after disclosure A critical flaw in Marimo, tracked as CVE-2026-39987 (CVSS score of 9.3) was exploited just 10 hours after disclosure (On April 8, 2026… [+3771 chars]

BlueHammer abuses Windows Defender's update process to gain SYSTEM access

  • BullsEye0
  • Published date: 2026-04-11 09:37:20

Article URL: https://hackingpassion.com/bluehammer-windows-defender-zero-day/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729069 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

Want to learn ethical hacking? I built a complete course. Have a look!Learn penetration testing, web exploitation, network security, and the hacker mindset: Master ethical hacking hands-on(The link s… [+8460 chars]

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  • Published date: 2026-04-11 09:26:00

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