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Windows boss promises to heal the operating system’s self-inflicted wounds 2026-03-24 at 11:30 By Richard Speed Sorry seems to be the hardest word at Microsoft Opinion  Has Microsoft finally reckoned with Windows 11’s many failings – or has its OS chief, Pavan Davuluri, simply offered more soothing platitudes to users fed up with bugs and […]

EU broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are the next gatekeepers 2026-03-24 at 10:45 By Carly Page Open letter warns tech is shaping what audiences see while slipping past regulation Europe’s broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are fast becoming the next Big Tech gatekeepers, with little sign of Brussels stepping in.… This

The AI Efficacy Asymmetry Problem 2026-03-24 at 09:00 By While we have AI models that hallucinate, threat actors have an asymmetric advantage. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

U.S. Sentences Russian Hacker to 6.75 Years for Role in $9M Ransomware Damage 2026-03-24 at 08:49 By A 26-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced in the U.S. to 6.75 years (81 months) in prison for his role in assisting major cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware crew, in conducting numerous attacks against U.S. companies and

Neal Stephenson, who coined the term ‘metaverse’, says head-mounted VR hardware will never happen 2026-03-24 at 06:15 By Simon Sharwood ‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’ Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has argued he and others

Jury in landmark Meta, Google addiction trial having difficulty coming to consensus 2026-03-24 at 03:29 By Reuters Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl said the jury should reach a verdict if it can, adding that the case will have to be retried with a new set of jurors if it cannot reach an agreement. This article is

Claude attacks were ‘Rorschach test’ for infosec community, scaring former NSA boss 2026-03-24 at 03:29 By Jessica Lyons ‘It freakin’ worked’ says Rob Joyce – and shows how relentless AI agents can find holes humans miss RSAC 2026  The now-infamous Anthropic report about Chinese cyberspies abusing Claude AI to automate cyberattacks was a Rorschach test

Public-private partnerships vital in disrupting China’s Typhoons, says RSA panel with no government speakers 2026-03-24 at 03:29 By Jessica Lyons Washington content to be represented by actual empty chairs RSAC 2026  Back in the day (circa 2023) when cybercrime group Scattered Spider and its help-desk voice-phishing calls were a relatively new threat, the feds considered

Telling an AI model that it’s an expert programmer makes it a worse programmer 2026-03-24 at 02:20 By Thomas Claburn Researchers say persona-based prompting can improve works for safety but not for facts Many people start their work with AI by prompting the machine to imagine it is an expert at the task they want

If you love your boss, imagine how much more you’ll love their AI twin 2026-03-23 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn Digital twins of leaders may be plausible as novelty acts, but not really welcome Imagine that your boss is too busy to show up at that meeting you called so she sends a bot of

North Korean Hackers Abuse VS Code Auto-Run Tasks to Deploy StoatWaffle Malware 2026-03-23 at 23:47 By The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign, also tracked as WaterPlum, have been attributed to a malware family tracked as StoatWaffle that’s distributed via malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) projects. The use of VS

Snowflake’s ongoing pitch: bring AI to data rather than data to AI 2026-03-23 at 23:45 By O’Ryan Johnson Customers are ‘excited’ says one solution provider Snowflake is putting cash and kinetic energy behind the idea that AI works best in its platform.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to patch fast, ask questions later 2026-03-23 at 22:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo Here’s where you ought to spend your security billable hours budget this year Strengthen your MFA policies, double-down on anti-phishing training, and for Jobs’ sake, patch all your vulns right away. The past year of intelligence collected by

Senators move to ban sports betting on prediction markets like Kalshi, Polymarket — first bill of its kind 2026-03-23 at 19:58 By Marc Vartabedian A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Monday that would prohibit prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket from offering contracts tied to sports events and casino-style games. The

AI agents are ‘gullible’ and easy to turn into your minions 2026-03-23 at 19:58 By Jessica Lyons Zenity CTO demos 0-click AI agent exploits on stage at RSAC RSA 2026  There’s a very simple reason why just about every enterprise AI agent is vulnerable to zero-click attacks, according to Michael Bargury, CTO of AI security

Fake product recall notices are the latest scam targeting consumers: ‘Something seemed fishy’ 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Brooke Steinberg According to the 2025 Cyber Readiness Report, published in October, text message scam attempts have increased by a staggering 50% in the past year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

Forget drones – the US Army just took delivery of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Expendable military drones are so 2025 The US Army just took receipt of what may be the coolest unmanned drone ever flown by the military: A full-sized Black Hawk helicopter. … This article is an

SoftBank to build massive AI datacenter on former US nuclear weapons site 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson 10GW server farm, 10GW of new generation, and $4.2bn grid upgrade. And someone else is paying for the uranium cleanup Softbank’s SB Energy is redeveloping Department of Energy (DoE) land in Ohio for a massive datacenter campus,

Avalonia bolts Linux and WebAssembly onto .NET MAUI 2026-03-23 at 19:32 By Tim Anderson Broader platform coverage lands, if developers can tolerate the rough edges AvaloniaUI has previewed MAUI support for Linux and WebAssembly browser applications — platforms Microsoft’s own cross-platform .NET framework lacks — but low adoption and persistent bugs are likely to constrain

Google unleashes Gemini AI agents on the dark web 2026-03-23 at 17:18 By Jessica Lyons Claims it can analyze millions of daily events with 98 percent accuracy Google’s Gemini AI agents are crawling the dark web, sifting through upward of 10 million posts a day to find a handful of threats relevant to a particular