March 2026

Microsoft points at Samsung after Galaxy app bug locks users out of C:/ 2026-03-16 at 15:10 By Richard Speed ‘Access denied’ errors hit certain Windows 11 machines running vendor utility Microsoft has blamed Samsung for some devices suffering C: drive access problems coincidentally close to March’s Patch Tuesday.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power 2026-03-16 at 15:10 By Carly Page ‘Sunrise’ beast will run AI-heavy simulations of plasma behavior and reactor physics The UK government is splashing out £45 million (c $60 million) on a new AI-driven supercomputer designed to help scientists model the chaotic physics of nuclear

DRILLAPP Backdoor Targets Ukraine, Abuses Microsoft Edge Debugging for Stealth Espionage 2026-03-16 at 15:10 By Ukrainian entities have emerged as the target of a new campaign likely orchestrated by threat actors linked to Russia, according to a report from S2 Grupo’s LAB52 threat intelligence team. The campaign, observed in February 2026, has been assessed to

ServiceNow boss warns AI could push grad unemployment past 30% 2026-03-16 at 14:59 By Lindsay Clark McDermott argues digital workers will handle much of the grunt work once used to train junior staff Unemployment rates among recent graduates could climb above 30 percent because so many early career routine tasks will be performed by AI

Age verification isn’t sage verification when it’s inside operating systems 2026-03-16 at 14:30 By Rupert Goodwins Toothbrushes, Turing and the truth give the lie to California’s legal lunacy Opinion  There are two ways to look at the California Assembly Bill 1043, known as The Digital Age Assurance Act or DAAA. One is to say it

Flaw in UK’s corporate registry let directors rummage through rival records 2026-03-16 at 14:18 By Connor Jones Back button blunder in WebFiling service run by Companies House revealed confidential paperwork Companies House was forced to pull down its record-filing platform for the entire weekend to rectify a “security issue” that exposed the personal details of

Why Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic 2026-03-16 at 13:58 By If you run security at any reasonably complex organization, your validation stack probably looks something like this: a BAS tool in one corner. A pentest engagement, or maybe an automated pentesting product, in another. A vulnerability scanner feeding an attack surface management platform somewhere else.

ClickFix Campaigns Spread MacSync macOS Infostealer via Fake AI Tool Installers 2026-03-16 at 13:41 By Three different ClickFix campaigns have been found to act as a delivery vector for the deployment of a macOS information stealer called MacSync. “Unlike traditional exploit-based attacks, this method relies entirely on user interaction – usually in the form of