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Atomic Britain: UK plans regulatory reset to boost nuclear power 2026-03-13 at 14:34 By Dan Robinson It wants ‘safe, cost effective, and rapid.’ We say: ‘Good, fast, cheap – you can have 2’ Britain’s government is pushing ahead with nuclear planning and regulatory reforms, aiming to accelerate atomic projects that will power homes and datacenters.… […]

Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids’ IDs before booting 2026-03-13 at 14:34 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Age-verification laws target operating systems because apparently teenagers having root access is now a safeguarding crisis Opinion  A new wave of age verification laws requires kids and teenagers to register before they can use a computer.… This […]

NanoClaw latches onto Docker Sandboxes for safer AI agents 2026-03-13 at 14:02 By Thomas Claburn Take your YOLO and box it up exclusive  NanoClaw, an open source agent platform, can now run inside Docker Sandboxes, furthering the project’s commitment to security.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Google rushes Chrome update fixing two zero-days already under attack 2026-03-13 at 13:37 By Carly Page Skia graphics lib and V8 JavaScript engine brings browser’s tally of actively exploited bugs to three in 2026 Google has pushed out an emergency Chrome update to fix two previously unknown vulnerabilities that attackers were already exploiting before the […]

Windows pays tribute to Britain’s creaking rail network with a BSOD 2026-03-13 at 13:16 By Richard Speed Grappling with UK trains will send humans into Recovery too sometimes Bork!Bork!Bork!  Today we visit the south of England, where Windows has fallen over, briefly granting unrestricted rail travel to one and all.… This article is an excerpt […]

🎙️SECURITY.COM The Podcast: AI-Hacking: Red Team vs. Blue Team 2026-03-13 at 12:22 By Enterprise Security Group Guinea pigs, fictitious signatures, and the future of security in an AI-driven world This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Openreach: Fiber can sniff out leaky water pipes – if anyone bothers fixing them 2026-03-13 at 12:22 By Dan Robinson Distributed Acoustic Sensing tech uses broadband cables to pinpoint plumbing faults Openreach claims its fiber network infrastructure can detect leaks in nearby water supply pipes, which could save millions of liters of the precious fluid… […]

Google Fixes Two Chrome Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Affecting Skia and V8 2026-03-13 at 11:31 By Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-3909 (CVSS score: 8.8) – […]

Nine CrackArmor Flaws in Linux AppArmor Enable Root Escalation, Bypass Container Isolation 2026-03-13 at 11:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel’s AppArmor module that could be exploited by unprivileged users to circumvent kernel protections, escalate to root, and undermine container isolation guarantees. The nine confused deputy vulnerabilities have been […]

AI Burning Man happens next week – here’s what The Register expects at GTC 2026 2026-03-13 at 08:54 By Tobias Mann From Groq-ing about tokenomics to OpenClaw and the silicon that powers it, our predictions for the hottest ticket in town Nvidia has a bit of a problem. Popular generative AI workloads like code assistants […]

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 […]