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ThreatsDay Bulletin: DDR5 Bot Scalping, Samsung TV Tracking, Reddit Privacy Fine & More 2026-03-05 at 15:58 By Some weeks in cybersecurity feel routine. This one doesn’t. Several new developments surfaced over the past few days, showing how quickly the threat landscape keeps shifting. Researchers uncovered fresh activity, security teams shared new findings, and a few […]

Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser… for your own convenience 2026-03-05 at 15:31 By Richard Speed Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-in Microsoft is rolling out a Copilot update to Windows Insiders that embeds web browsing directly into the assistant, opening links in a side panel rather than launching your default browser.…

Seedworm: Iranian APT on Networks of U.S. Bank, Airport, Software Company 2026-03-05 at 14:27 By Threat Hunter Team This activity began in early February and has continued in recent days. What organizations should expect next from Iran-aligned groups and the steps they should take to guard against cyberattacks. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM

Solar superstorm gave ESA’s Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity 2026-03-05 at 14:27 By Richard Speed Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere ‘flooded by electrons’ Almost two years ago, a solar storm hit Earth, triggering auroras that were seen as far south as Mexico. The storm also reached Mars and was detected by a

UK watchdog eyes Meta’s smart glasses after workers say they ‘see everything’ 2026-03-05 at 14:27 By Carly Page Contractors tasked with improving AI reportedly had access to intimate footage captured through wearables Britain’s privacy watchdog is asking questions about Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses after reports that human contractors reviewing recordings from the devices were exposed

Dust Specter Targets Iraqi Officials with New SPLITDROP and GHOSTFORM Malware 2026-03-05 at 14:27 By A suspected Iran-nexus threat actor has been attributed to a campaign targeting government officials in Iraq by impersonating the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a set of never-before-seen malware. Zscaler ThreatLabz, which observed the activity in January 2026,

Where Multi-Factor Authentication Stops and Credential Abuse Starts 2026-03-05 at 14:27 By Organizations typically roll out multi-factor authentication (MFA) and assume stolen passwords are no longer enough to access systems. In Windows environments, that assumption is often wrong. Attackers still compromise networks every day using valid credentials. The issue is not MFA itself, but coverage. 

CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes 2026-03-05 at 13:02 By Dan Robinson Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider’s 27 km vacuum tubes The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and CERN have jointly developed a “mouse-sized robot” to inspect parts of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that are out of

APT28-Linked Campaign Deploys BadPaw Loader and MeowMeow Backdoor in Ukraine 2026-03-05 at 13:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Russian cyber campaign that has targeted Ukrainian entities with two previously undocumented malware families named BadPaw and MeowMeow. “The attack chain initiates with a phishing email containing a link to a ZIP archive.

MoJ puts Prisoner Telephony Service replacement on hold yet again 2026-03-05 at 12:24 By SA Mathieson Project dialed back, BT asked to keep current system for another 54 months The UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will pay telco BT £94.6 million plus VAT to keep its in-cell Prisoner Telephony Service (PTS) going for another 54

UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty 2026-03-05 at 12:02 By Lindsay Clark Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislators The UK is still in the design phase of digital currency as the EU comes under political pressure to accelerate the development of a digital euro to bolster the

Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI 2026-03-05 at 11:09 By Thomas Claburn Survey of UK bosses find 62 percent of bosses rely on LLMs for help Most business leaders in the United Kingdom appear to have outsourced a lot of their decisionmaking to machine learning models, according to a survey of 200 suits

The Great Security Culture Shift: Building a Proactive Defense in an Era of Advanced Threats and Social Engineering 2026-03-05 at 10:16 By In today’s era of well-designed social engineering attacks, threat actors often develop new ways to leverage existing attack methods.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

FBI and Europol Seize LeakBase Forum Used to Trade Stolen Credentials 2026-03-05 at 10:16 By A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools. The LeakBase forum, per the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), had over 142,000 members

Europol-Led Operation Takes Down Tycoon 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service Linked to 64,000 Attacks 2026-03-05 at 10:16 By Tycoon 2FA, one of the prominent phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkits that allowed cybercriminals to stage adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) credential harvesting attacks at scale, was dismantled by a coalition of law enforcement agencies and security companies. The subscription-based phishing kit, which first emerged

Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it 2026-03-05 at 07:06 By Simon Sharwood Lower app store fees are on the way, plus an on-ramp for third party digital bazaars Google has spelled out changes it will make to the fees it charges developers who use its app

Broadcom says AI companies can’t make their own silicon any time soon 2026-03-05 at 06:29 By Simon Sharwood Offers booming customer accelerator biz as evidence, while VMware props up its software business Broadcom will soon deploy multiple gigawatts worth of custom accelerators at Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, a feat it says shows AI companies and

Elon Musk discusses past tweets, bots as he testifies at Twitter shareholder trial 2026-03-05 at 05:15 By Associated Press Shareholders accused Musk of violating federal securities laws by making false, public statements that “were carefully calculated to drive down the price of Twitter stock.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New

Intel numbers boss swears big Foundry wins are coming soon 2026-03-05 at 04:01 By Tobias Mann Meanwhile Chipzilla’s 18A process tech could see external deployment after all Intel’s Foundry division is near to sealing a deal for its advanced packaging technology that would contribute billions of dollars a year to the struggling chipmaker, CFO David

‘Hundreds’ of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes 2026-03-05 at 04:01 By Jessica Lyons Attack infrastructure attributed to ‘several Iran-nexus threat actors’ Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point