Category: ArsTechnica

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
09
Mar
2026

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”

The project developer for one of the Internet’s most popular networking tools is scrapping its vulnerability reward program after being…

Wiper malware targeted Poland energy grid, but failed to knock out electricity
09
Mar
2026

Wiper malware targeted Poland energy grid, but failed to knock out electricity

Researchers on Friday said that Poland’s electric grid was targeted by wiper malware, likely unleashed by Russia state hackers in…

How to encrypt your PC's disk without giving the keys to Microsoft
09
Mar
2026

How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft

If you want to encrypt your Windows PC’s disk but you don’t want to store your recovery key with Microsoft,…

Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
09
Mar
2026

Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined…

There's a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address
09
Mar
2026

There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address

There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering…

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI
08
Mar
2026

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI

RAMP—the predominantly Russian-language online bazaar that billed itself as the “only place ransomware allowed”—had its dark web and clear web…

County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
08
Mar
2026

County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security

Two security professionals who were arrested in 2019 after performing an authorized security assessment of a county courthouse in Iowa…

Web portal leaves kids' chats with AI toy open to anyone with Gmail account
08
Mar
2026

Web portal leaves kids’ chats with AI toy open to anyone with Gmail account

Earlier this month, Joseph Thacker’s neighbor mentioned to him that she’d preordered a couple of stuffed dinosaur toys for her…

Notepad++ users take note: It's time to check if you're hacked
08
Mar
2026

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

According to independent researcher Kevin Beaumont, three organizations told him that devices inside their networks that had Notepad++ installed experienced…

The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
08
Mar
2026

The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat

Currently, Anthropic and OpenAI hold a kill switch that can stop the spread of potentially harmful AI agents. OpenClaw primarily…

Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.
08
Mar
2026

Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.

Russian-state hackers wasted no time exploiting a critical Microsoft Office vulnerability that allowed them to compromise the devices inside diplomatic,…

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets
08
Mar
2026

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

Open source packages published on the npm and PyPI repositories were laced with code that stole wallet credentials from dYdX…