Summary
During the week of April 6–13, 2026, there were 9 vulnerability advisories and 23 data breach/incident events, up from 20 the prior week affecting over 41,500 known individuals across sectors like IT, healthcare, and government, with malware/ransomware and third-party compromises as the leading causes. Major events included several actively exploited zero-days (e.g., Adobe Reader, Chrome), major breaches at organizations like LAPD (7.7 TB leaked) and a Chinese supercomputing center (10 PB), and multiple ransomware attacks disrupting healthcare and other critical services.
Take Action:
Update your Adobe Acrobat and Reader immediately because attackers are already using this flaw to take over computers through simple PDF files. If you cannot patch right away, use a browser-based PDF viewer as a temporary safety measure and disable Javascript in your Adobe Acrobat and Reader.
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