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AI for software developers is in a ‘dangerous state’ 2026-03-18 at 15:02 By Tim Anderson Strong forces tempting humans out of the AI loop, and reducing the experience needed to supervise and review QCon London  AI is in a dangerous state where it is too useful not to use, but where by using it, developers

Microsoft 365 pauses Copilot creep after admins cry foul 2026-03-18 at 14:50 By Richard Speed Automatic deployment of Redmond’s assistant halted for now Microsoft has paused plans to force the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on users, halting automatic installations for an unspecified period.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Britain’s satellite-watching gap to be plugged with £17.5M eyeball in Cyprus 2026-03-18 at 14:50 By SA Mathieson No 1 Space Operations Squadron will get a persistent stare capability The Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to spend £17.5 million on a remotely-operated satellite monitoring facility in Cyprus, partly to protect the UK’s secure communications system Skynet.…

Critical Unpatched Telnetd Flaw (CVE-2026-32746) Enables Unauthenticated Root RCE 2026-03-18 at 14:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32746, carries a CVSS score of 9.8

Claude Code Security and Magecart: Getting the Threat Model Right 2026-03-18 at 14:49 By When a Magecart payload hides inside the EXIF data of a dynamically loaded third-party favicon, no repository scanner will catch it – because the malicious code never actually touches your repo. As teams adopt Claude Code Security for static analysis, this

9 Critical IP KVM Flaws Enable Unauthenticated Root Access Across Four Vendors 2026-03-18 at 14:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned about the risks posed by low-cost IP KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse over Internet Protocol) devices, which can grant attackers extensive control over compromised hosts. The nine vulnerabilities, discovered by Eclypsium, span four different products from

IBM CEO pay pack jumps 51% for 2025 in target smash and grab 2026-03-18 at 14:31 By Paul Kunert Median employee increase? 2.1%. And shareholders urged to vote against a request for AI bias reporting Not all employees are created equally, just ask IBM boss Arvind Krishna, who received a financial package valued at $38

Fear of Surveillance Leads to Increased VPN Use 2026-03-18 at 14:19 By Americans are using VPNs for additional privacy. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source