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NASA Powers Down Voyager 1 Instrument As It Fights To Survive Deep Space

Voyager 1 is losing power, and NASA just shut down a decades-old instrument to keep it going. The sacrifice could help the spacecraft continue exploring interstellar space a little longer.

On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California transmitted commands to switch off an instrument on Voyager 1 known as the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or LECP. The spacecraft, which runs on nuclear power, is steadily losing energy, and shutting down this instrument is the most effective way to extend the mission of the first human-made object to reach interstellar space.

A 49-Year-Old Instrument Falls Silent

How Cells Copy DNA Might Matter More Than We Ever Realized

A subtle failure during cell division can set off dramatically different outcomes, according to new research exploring whole genome duplication. A new study finds that the way a cell fails to divide after copying its DNA can shape what happens to it next. Cell division is a core process of lif

Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts

A critical vulnerability in the popular Node.js sandboxing library vm2 allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the host system.

The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026–26956 and has been confirmed to impact vm2 version 3.10.4, although earlier releases may also be vulnerable. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been published.

In the security advisory, the maintainer says that the issue only impacts environments with Node.js 25 (confirmed on Node.js 25.6.1) that have enabled WebAssembly exception handling and JSTag support.

Hackers abuse Google ads for GoDaddy ManageWP login phishing

A phishing campaign delivered through Google sponsored search results is targeting credentials for ManageWP, GoDaddy’s platform for managing fleets of WordPress websites.

The threat actor is using an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) approach where the fake login page acts as a real-time proxy between the victim and the legitimate ManageWP service.

ManageWP is a centralized remote administration platform for WordPress websites, enabling users to manage multiple sites from a single panel instead of logging into separate dashboards. Common users include web developers, web agencies managing client sites, and enterprises.

New Cisco DoS flaw requires manual reboot to revive devices

The company advised customers at the time to contact its Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to have them brought back online, as this required manual intervention.

Last year, Cisco patched another DoS vulnerability (CVE-2025–20115) that allowed attackers to crash the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process on IOS XR routers with a single BGP update message.

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