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Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits 2026-03-07 at 02:37 By Thomas Claburn Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components Thanks to Anthropic’s AI and its bug-detecting abilities, Firefox users can now enjoy stronger security. Unfortunately, if browser crashes rather than security flaws are the problem, Claude […]

Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact 2026-03-07 at 02:07 By Thomas Claburn It’s the end of the world as we know it, and AI feels fine Anthropic economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory report that AI is not eliminating as many jobs as experts have predicted. … This article is an excerpt […]

Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say 2026-03-07 at 01:24 By O’Ryan Johnson US unemployment ticked up to 4.4% The US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, a dramatic downturn from analyst expectations that it would add about 50,000 jobs. The shortfall stoked growing fears that AI could be contributing to higher […]

Can the Industry Do More for Women in Security? 2026-03-06 at 22:31 By While women in security have seen forward progress, the path hasn’t always been linear.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones 2026-03-06 at 21:00 By Jessica Lyons Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crew Hamas-linked attackers are dropping spyware disguised as an emergency-alert app on Israelis’ smartphones via SMS messages, according to security researchers.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

US state laws push age checks into the operating system 2026-03-06 at 17:19 By Liam Proven Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS Many web sites, social media services, and other platforms require age verification on the theory that it will protect kids from seeing inappropriate content. But now some US states want […]

Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack 2026-03-06 at 17:19 By Carly Page Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalation Just when network admins thought the Cisco SD-WAN patch queue might finally be shrinking, Switchzilla has confirmed miscreants are exploiting more vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN management software.… This article […]

Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India 2026-03-06 at 17:18 By The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” […]

Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT 2026-03-06 at 17:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOID#GEIST […]

Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation 2026-03-06 at 16:52 By Connor Jones Brands Trump administration decision ‘legally unsound’ and has ‘no choice but to challenge it in court’ AI giant Anthropic says that it has “no choice” but to sue the US government after being officially designated a supply chain risk to […]