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Starkiller Phishing Suite Uses AitM Reverse Proxy to Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication 2026-03-03 at 14:06 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new phishing suite called Starkiller that proxies legitimate login pages to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections. It’s advertised as a cybercrime platform by a threat group calling itself Jinkusu, granting customers access to […]

Cybercriminals swipe 15.8M medical records from French doctors ministry 2026-03-03 at 13:58 By Connor Jones Third-party software supplier breached leading to leak of notes Around 15.8 million administrative files were stolen after attackers breached a software supplier to France’s health ministry.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Vodafone to use Amazon sats for cell backhaul in remote parts of Europe, Africa 2026-03-03 at 13:58 By Dan Robinson From Bavarian Alps to Congo basin and other places where laying cable is a PITA Vodafone has signed a deal with Amazon Leo to use its satellites as a backhaul connection for cellular base stations

Brussels urged to pay ‘sovereignty premium’ to narrow China battery gap 2026-03-03 at 13:58 By Carly Page Analysis claims €500 per EV could secure local production and cut reliance on foreign supply chains Europe’s EV battery cost gap with China – currently around 90 percent – could shrink to roughly 30 percent by 2030 if

Microsoft Warns OAuth Redirect Abuse Delivers Malware to Government Targets 2026-03-03 at 13:58 By Microsoft on Monday warned of phishing campaigns that employ phishing emails and OAuth URL redirection mechanisms to bypass conventional phishing defenses implemented in email and browsers. The activity, the company said, targets government and public-sector organizations with the end goal of

Chrome Gemini panel became privilege escalator for rogue extensions 2026-03-03 at 13:39 By Carly Page High-severity flaw let malicious add-ons access system via browser’s embedded AI feature Security boffins have discovered a high-severity bug in Google Chrome that allowed malicious extensions to hijack its Gemini Live AI panel and inherit privileges they were never meant

SloppyLemming Targets Pakistan and Bangladesh Governments Using Dual Malware Chains 2026-03-03 at 11:30 By The threat activity cluster known as SloppyLemming has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities and critical infrastructure operators in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The activity, per Arctic Wolf, took place between January 2025 and January 2026. It

Google Confirms CVE-2026-21385 in Qualcomm Android Component Exploited 2026-03-03 at 11:30 By Google on Monday disclosed that a high-severity security flaw impacting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21385 (CVSS score: 7.8), a buffer over-read in the Graphics component. “Memory corruption when

Gamers furious as Brit studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach 2026-03-03 at 08:35 By Simon Sharwood Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won’t be a problem isn’t going down well Gamers are ready to unleash their mightiest virtual weapons and point them at British games studio Cloud Imperium,

Claude having artificially intelligent hiccups and access lockouts for over two hours 2026-03-03 at 08:21 By Simon Sharwood Developers ponder the horror of having to actually write code Anthropic’s AI service Claude is having artificially intelligent hiccups and availability problems across its basic chat service, API, and Claude Code offering.… This article is an excerpt

Huawei brings its flatpack AI datacenters, packed full of Chinese chips, to the world 2026-03-03 at 05:05 By Simon Sharwood Claims it can build and deploy them fast, whether they run at speed is another matter As the AI boom rages, investors and buyers have thrown cash at anyone that even looks capable of selling

Phish of the day: Microsoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery 2026-03-03 at 02:47 By Jessica Lyons Crims hope for payday from malicious payloads rather than stealing access tokens Microsoft has warned organizations about ongoing OAuth abuse scams that use phishing emails and URL redirects to infect victims’ machines with malware and take over

Nvidia burns $4B to light up American photonics manufacturing 2026-03-03 at 01:50 By Tobias Mann Coherent, Lumentum each walk away with $2B in cash and a multi-billion purchase commitment Nvidia is dipping into its war chest once again this week, investing $2 billion each in Coherent and Lumentum to lock in supply of the vendors’

Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays 2026-03-03 at 01:03 By O’Ryan Johnson Markets in the Middle East will be affected first and worst The war against Iran is causing an air and shipping jam, but it will likely have little effect on the global technology market unless the

Beauty filters drove their teen daughters to social media addiction — and, these moms believe, to their death 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Rikki Schlott “Nobody is going to love me unless I look the part. I look at other girl’s profiles and it makes me feel worse,” Annalee Schott wrote before taking her own life

Elise Stefanik, Rick Scott demand probe into Chinese gadget maker Anker over spying fears: ‘Unacceptable risks’ 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) requested a “formal investigation” on Monday into Chinese tech firm Anker, alleging the firm poses “unacceptable risks to US national security and consumer safety.

Ticketmaster owner Live Nation faces possible breakup as landmark DOJ antitrust trial kicks off 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Thomas Barrabi Ticketmaster parent Live Nation faces a potential antitrust reckoning as a landmark case accusing the music giant of running an illegal monopoly over the live music industry kicks off in Manhattan federal court. This article

AWS outages spread as Iran bombards targets across Gulf region 2026-03-02 at 23:39 By Tobias Mann Multiple AWS zones in UAE and Bahrain offline or disrupted Multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) availability zones in the Middle East are experiencing outages or degraded connectivity after objects struck a UAE facility, as Iranian retaliatory missile and drone

Iran’s cyberwar has begun 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Jessica Lyons ‘Expect elevated activity for the foreseeable future’ Iranian hackers have launched spying expeditions, digital probes, and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the US and Israel launching missile strikes over the weekend, and security researchers urge organizations to expect more cyber

Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack 2026-03-02 at 23:05 By Thomas Claburn Iranian worshippers got notifications saying ‘help has arrived’ Imagine your favorite app encouraging you to surrender during a war. That’s happening right now in Iran.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source