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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 […]

Senators move to ban sports betting on prediction markets like Kalshi, Polymarket — first bill of its kind 2026-03-23 at 19:58 By Marc Vartabedian A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Monday that would prohibit prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket from offering contracts tied to sports events and casino-style games. The […]

AI agents are ‘gullible’ and easy to turn into your minions 2026-03-23 at 19:58 By Jessica Lyons Zenity CTO demos 0-click AI agent exploits on stage at RSAC RSA 2026  There’s a very simple reason why just about every enterprise AI agent is vulnerable to zero-click attacks, according to Michael Bargury, CTO of AI security […]

Fake product recall notices are the latest scam targeting consumers: ‘Something seemed fishy’ 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Brooke Steinberg According to the 2025 Cyber Readiness Report, published in October, text message scam attempts have increased by a staggering 50% in the past year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post […]