April 2026

Hidden virtual machines allow attackers to bypass endpoint security and remain undetected Attackers used trusted virtualization tools and native software to hide malicious activity Sophos links campaigns using QEMU to ransomware deployment and long-term network access Attackers are increasingly hiding malicious tools inside virtual machines to bypass security checks. Sophos analysts say the approach relies

Complete hepatitis D genome encoded into quantum processor as proof-of-concept milestone Researchers target future 100x speedups for complex human whole genome analysis tasks Researchers caution that practical quantum genomics still faces scaling and hardware limitations Scientists have loaded a complete genome onto a quantum computer for the first time, taking an early step toward tackling

The US aims to address bottlenecks instead of searching for new rare earths Parallel extraction concept seeks profitability despite higher domestic labor and environmental costs Distributed processing model tries to reduce the dependence on single vulnerable mine sites China is responsible for much of the world’s rare earth refining capacity, giving it control over supply