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Phish of the day: Microsoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery 2026-03-03 at 02:47 By Jessica Lyons Crims hope for payday from malicious payloads rather than stealing access tokens Microsoft has warned organizations about ongoing OAuth abuse scams that use phishing emails and URL redirects to infect victims’ machines with malware and take over […]

Nvidia burns $4B to light up American photonics manufacturing 2026-03-03 at 01:50 By Tobias Mann Coherent, Lumentum each walk away with $2B in cash and a multi-billion purchase commitment Nvidia is dipping into its war chest once again this week, investing $2 billion each in Coherent and Lumentum to lock in supply of the vendors’ […]

Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays 2026-03-03 at 01:03 By O’Ryan Johnson Markets in the Middle East will be affected first and worst The war against Iran is causing an air and shipping jam, but it will likely have little effect on the global technology market unless the […]

Elise Stefanik, Rick Scott demand probe into Chinese gadget maker Anker over spying fears: ‘Unacceptable risks’ 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) requested a “formal investigation” on Monday into Chinese tech firm Anker, alleging the firm poses “unacceptable risks to US national security and consumer safety. […]

Ticketmaster owner Live Nation faces possible breakup as landmark DOJ antitrust trial kicks off 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi Ticketmaster parent Live Nation faces a potential antitrust reckoning as a landmark case accusing the music giant of running an illegal monopoly over the live music industry kicks off in Manhattan federal court. This article […]

Beauty filters drove their teen daughters to social media addiction — and, these moms believe, to their death 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Rikki Schlott “Nobody is going to love me unless I look the part. I look at other girl’s profiles and it makes me feel worse,” Annalee Schott wrote before taking her own life […]

AWS outages spread as Iran bombards targets across Gulf region 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Tobias Mann Multiple AWS zones in UAE and Bahrain offline or disrupted Multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) availability zones in the Middle East are experiencing outages or degraded connectivity after objects struck a UAE facility, as Iranian retaliatory missile and drone […]

Iran’s cyberwar has begun 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Jessica Lyons ‘Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future’ Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and security researchers urge organizations to expect more cyber […]

Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Thomas Claburn Iranian worshippers got notifications saying ‘help has arrived’ Imagine your favorite app encouraging you to surrender during a war. That’s happening right now in Iran.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Richard Speed Don’t expect to see compatible hardware before 2027 GrapheneOS is headed to Motorola smartphones in 2027, pending hardware from the Lenovo-owned brand that satisfies the privacy-focused Android fork’s requirements.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

US struck Iran with copies of its own drones 2026-03-02 at 21:31 By Dan Robinson Iran’s own technology reverse engineered and used against it. The Pentagon has confirmed that US forces struck Iranian targets using weapons that are copies of Iran’s own Shahed 136 suicide drones.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

UK Businesses told to brace cyber defenses amid Iran conflict risk 2026-03-02 at 21:03 By Carly Page NCSC urges all to review posture as escalating tensions increase risk of indirect digital spillover The UK’s cybersecurity agency is warning British organizations to brace for potential digital blowback as the Middle East conflict spills further into the […]