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Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries 2026-03-13 at 08:54 By A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers worldwide into a botnet for committing large-scale fraud. “SocksEscort infected home and small business internet routers with malware,” the U.S. […]

Prince of PDFs, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to step down after 18 years 2026-03-13 at 07:37 By Simon Sharwood Didn’t say why, but for once AI may not be the reason for a lost job Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has announced he intends to depart the company after 18 years as the prince of PDFs.…

Veeam Patches 7 Critical Backup & Replication Flaws Allowing Remote Code Execution 2026-03-13 at 07:37 By Veeam has released security updates to address multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2026-21666 (CVSS score: 9.9) – A vulnerability

Discussing Use of Force in Security: A Challenging Discussion? 2026-03-13 at 06:11 By Some may consider the use of force in security to be a challenging discussion, but it must be had in order to improve functionally and ethically. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Apple takes a bite out of app store fees in China 2026-03-13 at 05:46 By Simon Sharwood Beijing hinted it wasn’t happy with Cupertino, which weeks later made a change Apple has cut the fees it charges Chinese developers to sell their apps and other digital goodies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Pentagon AI chief praises Palantir tech for speeding battlefield strikes 2026-03-13 at 04:14 By O’Ryan Johnson Going from eight systems to one means fewer people make decisions to unleash Epic Fury As the US continues its strikes on Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, speakers at Palantir’s AIPCON event on Thursday said the company’s

Rogue AI agents can work together to hack systems and steal secrets 2026-03-13 at 02:26 By Jessica Lyons Prompt like a hard-ass boss who won’t tolerate failure and bots will find ways to breach policy AI agents work together to bypass security controls and stealthily steal sensitive data from within the enterprise systems in which

Perplexity: Everything is Computer, everything is AI, Computer is everything, AI is us 2026-03-13 at 01:36 By Thomas Claburn Everything extends its cloud Computer to enterprises, your computer Perplexity is ready to have enterprises use its AI service even if enterprises may still be wary of delegating tasks to software agents.… This article is an

Microsoft Copilot now boarding your health information 2026-03-13 at 00:19 By Thomas Claburn It’s safe and secure, Redmond insists, but don’t expect medical advice Microsoft wants to store your healthcare data so that its AI “delivers personalized health insights that you can act on,” but without the liability that comes with actual medical advice.… This

District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data 2026-03-13 at 00:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo Automated checks raised doubts, though key questions remain unanswered American parents of school-aged children may want to pay attention to where their cars are parked and for how long, as license plate reader data is now being cited

Anthropic would ‘pollute’ US military supply chain, Pentagon official says 2026-03-12 at 20:38 By Thomas Barrabi The Pentagon cut ties with Anthropic because allowing its artificial intelligence models would “pollute” the US military’s supply chain, a top War Department official claimed Thursday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

Tesla rival Lucid unveils two-seat robotaxi without a steering wheel or pedals 2026-03-12 at 20:38 By Reuters Lucid is taking a dual-pronged approach, partnering with other firms for robotaxis, while selling EVs with similar self-driving capabilities. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Why scam loan calls are flooding your phone and voicemail right now — and how you can stop them 2026-03-12 at 20:38 By Brooke Steinberg Chalk up the scummy surge to a perfect storm of economic anxiety and rapid technological advances, experts say. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays 2026-03-12 at 20:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that’s written in Rust, marking a significant departure from other known Delphi-based malware families associated with the Latin American cybercrime ecosystem. The malware, which is designed to infect

Hive0163 Uses AI-Assisted Slopoly Malware for Persistent Access in Ransomware Attacks 2026-03-12 at 20:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly put to use by a financially motivated threat actor named Hive0163. “Although still relatively unspectacular, AI-generated malware such as Slopoly shows how easily threat actors can

White House activates Yu-Gi-Oh’s trap card by using anime clip for war comms 2026-03-12 at 19:48 By Connor Jones Franchise isn’t the only one unhappy about its IP appearing in propaganda Anime mainstay Yu-Gi-Oh has criticized the White House for using a clip from the TV show in videos promoting US military action.… This article

Medical equipment techs beg for right-to-repair lifeline 2026-03-12 at 18:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo OEM delays have become patient care delays When patient care is delayed in a hospital because something is broken, biomedical technicians would like you to understand that it’s not usually their fault.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Operating Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud 2026-03-12 at 18:42 By Jessica Lyons International cops stuck down 23 servers in 7 countries Cops from eight countries this week disrupted SocksEscort, a residential proxy service used by criminals to compromise hundreds of thousands of routers worldwide and carry out

Oracle tops up restructuring fund for FY26 by $500M 2026-03-12 at 18:42 By Lindsay Clark Pot of money grows to $2.1BN for fiscal ’26, as Big Red exec says AI helping smaller engineering teams do more Oracle has increased funding for its restructuring plans for the current financial year by $500 million, with some observers

Musk makes the Macrohard joke again 2026-03-12 at 17:37 By Richard Speed The idea being that fleets of AI agents could emulate the ‘function of entire companies’ Elon Musk wheeled out his “Macrohard” dad joke again in the form of a supposed fleet of “Digital Optimus” agents that he claims would be capable of “emulating