March 2026
Protecting democracy means democratizing cybersecurity. Bring on the hackers
Digital freedom needs a Kali Linux for the rest of us Opinion The hacker mind is a curious way to be. To have it means to embody endless analytical curiosity, an awareness of any given rule set as just one system among many, and an ability to see…
Polish cops bust alleged teen DDoS kit sellers – youngest just 12
Kids profited from tools used to attack popular websites, say officials Polish police have referred seven suspected juvenile cybercriminals to family court over an alleged scheme to flog DDoS kits online.…
EV charger biz ELECQ zapped by ransomware crooks, customer contact data stolen
An attack on the company’s AWS platform may have exposed customers' names and home addresses Exclusive ELECQ, maker of smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, is warning customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a ransomware attack that encrypted and copied user data from its cloud…
Dutch cops warn 100 alleged scammers: Turn yourselves in or we tell Grandma
Two-week deadline to fraudsters to fess up or have their faces plastered across every screen in the country Dutch national police are taking a novel stand against scammers - 100 suspects now have less than two weeks to hand themselves in or face public shaming.…
Russian cybercrims phish their way into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts
Dutch spies flag large-scale campaign to hijack secure messaging accounts Russian-linked hackers are trying to break into the Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government officials, journalists, and military personnel globally – not by cracking encryption, but by simply tricking people into handing over the keys.…
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk AI can reverse engineer machine code and find vulnerabilities in ancient legacy architectures, says Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, who used his own Apple II code from 40 years ago as an example.…
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat
Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks Britain's Royal Navy is urgently seeking a ship-based counter-drone system and recent world events likely explain why.…
AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work
Crims 'will do what gets them their objective easiest and fastest,' Microsoft threat intel boss tells The Reg interview AI agents allow cybercriminals and nation-state hackers to outsource the "janitorial-type work" needed to plan and carry out cyberattacks, according to Sherrod DeGrippo, Microsoft's GM of global threat intelligence.…
Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits
Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components Thanks to Anthropic's AI and its bug-detecting abilities, Firefox users can now enjoy stronger security. Unfortunately, if browser crashes rather than security flaws are the problem, Claude probably can't help.…
Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones
Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crew Hamas-linked attackers are dropping spyware disguised as an emergency-alert app on Israelis' smartphones via SMS messages, according to security researchers.…