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60 years since humanity touched the surface of another planet 2026-03-07 at 11:34 By Richard Speed Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus It is 60 years since humanity first got up close and personal with another planet, with the impact of the Soviet Union’s Venera 3.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Oracle and OpenAI’s Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids 2026-03-07 at 03:01 By Tobias Mann Meta supposidly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by Nvidia OpenAI and compute partner Oracle have reportedly abandoned a planned expansion of their flagship Stargate datacenter, after negotiations were stalled by financing and Sam Altman’s apparent fear of

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

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm 2026-03-06 at 16:52 By Richard Speed Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 might hit the Moon on December 22, 2032.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports 2026-03-06 at 15:56 By Dan Robinson Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad The Trump administration is reportedly planning new restrictions on GPU exports, aimed not only at controlling who gets them, but at driving AI investment back

Microsoft spots ClickFix campaign getting users to self-pwn on Windows Terminal 2026-03-06 at 15:39 By Carly Page Crooks tweak familiar copy-paste ruse so that victims run malicious commands themselves A new twist on the long-running ClickFix scam is now tricking Windows users into launching Windows Terminal and pasting malware into it themselves – handing the

Son of government contractor arrested after alleged $46M crypto heist from US Marshals 2026-03-06 at 15:39 By Connor Jones FBI and French GIGN swoop on Saint Martin, John Daghita in cuffs The son of a government contractor was arrested in the Caribbean after allegedly stealing more than $46 million in seized cryptocurrency from the US

Microsoft kicks new Outlook opt-out deadline down the road to 2027 2026-03-06 at 15:39 By Richard Speed Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps up Microsoft has delayed the opt-out phase for the new enterprise version of Outlook to 2027, giving administrators another 12 months to get ready for migration.… This article is an

UK peers warn weakening AI copyright law could hammer creative industries 2026-03-06 at 15:39 By Lindsay Clark House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth Britain’s creative industries will face significant damage unless the government strengthens AI copyright law, according to a House of Lords

Norway’s Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification 2026-03-06 at 15:39 By Liam Proven Its aim is wide, covering everything from social networks to GenAI Norway’s Forbrukerrådet consumer council is taking aim at the creeping enshittification of modern life in a 100-page report – and a splendid four-minute video which we highly recommend.… This article is

UK Treasury not sure about ditching Oracle to join £1.7 billion shared services program it is funding 2026-03-06 at 13:37 By Lindsay Clark It promised £1.15B… but finance ministry yet to show ‘formal commitment’ to adopt Workday SaaS, watchdog says The UK’s Treasury is yet to fully commit to joining a multi-billion pound ERP and