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AFRINIC accuses litigant of trying to ‘paralyse’ it 2026-03-13 at 20:36 By Simon Sharwood A ‘web of litigation’ The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has accused one its members of trying to “paralyse” the organization.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

‘Are you freaking crazy?’ Bot harasses woman, gets led away by cops 2026-03-13 at 20:36 By O’Ryan Johnson An incident in Macau A 70-year old woman in China loudly shouted at a robot to leave her alone, but the bot instead stood its ground and did a “raise the roof” move when the woman called […]

Chinese Hackers Target Southeast Asian Militaries with AppleChris and MemFun Malware 2026-03-13 at 20:35 By A suspected China-based cyber espionage operation has targeted Southeast Asian military organizations as part of a state-sponsored campaign that dates back to at least 2020. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is tracking the threat activity under the moniker CL-STA-1087, where […]

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026 2026-03-13 at 20:35 By Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026. “If you have chats that are impacted by this change, you will see instructions on how you can download any […]

Credential-stealing crew spoofs VPN clients from Cisco, Fortinet, and others 2026-03-13 at 19:27 By Jessica Lyons And then they send victims to the legit VPN download to hide their tracks A group of cybercriminals tracked as Storm-2561 is using fake enterprise VPN clients from CheckPoint, Cisco, Fortinet, Ivanti, and other vendors to steal users’ credentials, […]

Why Are Platform Ecosystems — Like Salesforce — Often Targeted? 2026-03-13 at 19:27 By Why is Salesforce — and other platforms like it — such an attractive target to cybercriminals? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

INTERPOL Dismantles 45,000 Malicious IPs, Arrests 94 in Global Cybercrime 2026-03-13 at 17:45 By INTERPOL on Friday announced the takedown of 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers used in connection with phishing, malware, and ransomware campaigns, as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to dismantle criminal networks, disrupt emerging threats, and safeguard victims from scams. […]

After years of being stood up, ARM64 Linux users finally get Chrome date 2026-03-13 at 17:30 By Richard Speed Someone, somewhere, ticked a box on a build farm. The wait is over Chrome is finally coming to ARM64 Linux devices, years after it turned up on macOS and Windows on Arm.… This article is an […]

Storm-2561 Spreads Trojan VPN Clients via SEO Poisoning to Steal Credentials 2026-03-13 at 16:54 By Microsoft has disclosed details of a credential theft campaign that employs fake virtual private network (VPN) clients distributed through search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques. “The campaign redirects users searching for legitimate enterprise software to malicious ZIP files on attacker-controlled […]