Anthropic forms institute to study long-term AI risks facing society
Anthropic has established the Anthropic Institute, a research unit focused on studying the societal effects of AI and informing policy responses to risks from more…
Month: March 2026
CISOs on alert: Strengthening cyber resilience amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East
Rising geopolitical tensions involving Israel, the US and Iran are adding a new layer of complexity for technology leaders across the Middle East. While much…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise fixes critical authentication bypass in Aruba AOS-CX
Hewlett Packard Enterprise fixes critical authentication bypass in Aruba AOS-CX Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed several flaws in Aruba AOS-CX,…
Intigriti collaborates with PortSwigger to support ethical hacking excellence
Best known as the creator of Burp Suite, the industry-standard toolkit for manual web application security testing, PortSwigger is a UK-based cybersecurity company on a…
Overly permissive ‘guest’ settings put Salesforce customers at risk
According to the advisory, the campaign specifically targets environments where three conditions exist. These include instances with guest profiles having excessive object or field permissions,…
OPSWAT debuts MetaDefender Aether combining sandboxing, ML scoring and threat hunting for perimeter security
OPSWAT introduced MetaDefender Aether, an AI-native decision engine designed to accelerate zero-day threat detection at the network perimeter. The platform brings together threat reputation, adaptive…
AI Malware: Hype vs. Reality
Introduction Generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs) are being rapidly integrated into all aspects of our society, from communication to cybersecurity. Enterprises and…
Obscura, an Obscure New Ransomware Variant
On 29 August 2025, Huntress analysts encountered a previously unseen ransomware variant called “Obscura.” This name was taken from the ransom note (README_Obscura.txt), which also…
Global Outage Prevents Users from Posting and Messaging
A widespread technical outage has struck Instagram, leaving thousands of users globally unable to access the popular social media application. The disruption, which primarily impacted…
Microsoft patches 80+ vulnerabilities, six flagged as “more likely” to be exploited
On March 2026 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft addressed 80+ vulnerabilities affecting its software and cloud services. Of these, two were publicly disclosed, but not actively exploited.…
March 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes two zero-day vulnerabilities
Microsoft releases important security updates on the second Tuesday of every month, known as Patch Tuesday. This month’s update fixes 79 Microsoft CVEs including two…
PortSwigger X Intigriti: Burp Suite Professional licenses up for grabs with this new collaboration
Fran Hutchings | 11 March 2026 at 10:36 UTC At PortSwigger, we’re always looking for ways to enable the world to secure the web, and…