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The AI Efficacy Asymmetry Problem 2026-03-24 at 09:00 By While we have AI models that hallucinate, threat actors have an asymmetric advantage. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

U.S. Sentences Russian Hacker to 6.75 Years for Role in $9M Ransomware Damage 2026-03-24 at 08:49 By A 26-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced in the U.S. to 6.75 years (81 months) in prison for his role in assisting major cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware crew, in conducting numerous attacks against U.S. companies and

Neal Stephenson, who coined the term ‘metaverse’, says head-mounted VR hardware will never happen 2026-03-24 at 06:15 By Simon Sharwood ‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’ Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has argued he and others

Jury in landmark Meta, Google addiction trial having difficulty coming to consensus 2026-03-24 at 03:29 By Reuters Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl said the jury should reach a verdict if it can, adding that the case will have to be retried with a new set of jurors if it cannot reach an agreement. This article is

Claude attacks were ‘Rorschach test’ for infosec community, scaring former NSA boss 2026-03-24 at 03:29 By Jessica Lyons ‘It freakin’ worked’ says Rob Joyce – and shows how relentless AI agents can find holes humans miss RSAC 2026  The now-infamous Anthropic report about Chinese cyberspies abusing Claude AI to automate cyberattacks was a Rorschach test

Public-private partnerships vital in disrupting China’s Typhoons, says RSA panel with no government speakers 2026-03-24 at 03:29 By Jessica Lyons Washington content to be represented by actual empty chairs RSAC 2026  Back in the day (circa 2023) when cybercrime group Scattered Spider and its help-desk voice-phishing calls were a relatively new threat, the feds considered

Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer 2026-03-24 at 02:20 By Thomas Claburn Researchers say persona-based prompting can improve works for safety but not for facts Many people start their work with AI by prompting the machine to imagine it is an expert at the task they want

If you love your boss, imagine how much more you’ll love their AI twin 2026-03-23 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn Digital twins of leaders may be plausible as novelty acts, but not really welcome Imagine that your boss is too busy to show up at that meeting you called so she sends a bot of

North Korean Hackers Abuse VS Code Auto-Run Tasks to Deploy StoatWaffle Malware 2026-03-23 at 23:47 By The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign, also tracked as WaterPlum, have been attributed to a malware family tracked as StoatWaffle that’s distributed via malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) projects. The use of VS

Snowflake’s ongoing pitch: bring AI to data rather than data to AI 2026-03-23 at 23:45 By O’Ryan Johnson Customers are ‘excited’ says one solution provider Snowflake is putting cash and kinetic energy behind the idea that AI works best in its platform.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to patch fast, ask questions later 2026-03-23 at 22:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo Here’s where you ought to spend your security billable hours budget this year Strengthen your MFA policies, double-down on anti-phishing training, and for Jobs’ sake, patch all your vulns right away. The past year of intelligence collected by