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ICE Phishing: Scammers Are Sending 'Support ICE' Emails to Steal Credentials "As part of our commitment to supporting ICE, we will be adding a ‘Support ICE’ donation button to the footer of every email sent through our platform."

The move indicates that hackers are targeting clients of enterprise software companies with extremely controversial political emails. www.404media.co/ice-phishing...

Iran war triggers aluminium supply crunch and shutdowns across Middle East Region produces 10% of global output, enough to threaten ‘repricing across base metals’ if outages continue

Iran war triggers aluminium supply crunch and shutdowns across Middle East ft.trib.al/W29Lgey

US military is using Claude in Iran amid Anthropic feud The Pentagon deployed the powerful tool during its attack on Iran within hours of banning it, and is reportedly still using it.

The Pentagon deployed the powerful tool during its attack on Iran within hours of banning it, and is reportedly still using it, underscoring the government’s challenge in giving Claude up even as it threatens to blacklist its maker. www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say As number of cases climbs past 1,000, experts say CDC is not taking obvious steps amid funding cuts

As number of cases climbs past 1,000, experts say CDC is not taking obvious steps amid funding cuts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What to Know About Trump's AI Deal The president said the deal will lower electricity costs, but there are reasons to doubt it will.

Reasons exist to doubt it will, especially given the pledge’s language is nonbinding. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

We have more privacy controls yet less privacy than ever Has online privacy become "a luxury not a right" for us all in 2026?

"In 2026 online privacy is a luxury, not a right," says Thomas Bunting, an analyst at the UK innovation think tank Nesta. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scoop: White House casts doubt on Pentagon-Anthropic reconciliation Rival OpenAI — and lawmakers across party lines — are pushing for an agreement.

Rival OpenAI — and lawmakers across party lines — are pushing for an agreement, as the Pentagon's threat to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk looms. www.axios.com/2026/03/04/p...

Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal The arrangement shows the tightening commercial bounds between Venezuela and the U.S.

The arrangement shows the tightening commercial bounds between Venezuela and the U.S. after President Trump ousted that nation's indicted socialist dictator and exerted de facto control over its oil-rich petroleum company. www.axios.com/2026/03/05/t...

Fake LastPass support email threads try to steal vault passwords Password management software provider LastPass is warning users of a phishing campaign targeting its users with fake unauthorized account access alerts.

Password management software provider LastPass is warning users of a phishing campaign targeting its users with fake unauthorized account access alerts. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Windows 10 KB5075039 update fixes broken Recovery Environment Microsoft has released the KB5075039 Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10 to fix a long-standing issue that prevented some users from accessing the Recovery environment.

Microsoft has released the KB5075039 Windows Recovery Environment update for Windows 10 to fix a long-standing issue that prevented some users from accessing the Recovery environment. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...

Cisco flags more SD-WAN flaws as actively exploited in attacks ​Cisco has flagged two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager security flaws as actively exploited in the wild, urging administrators to upgrade vulnerable devices.

​Cisco has flagged two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager security flaws as actively exploited in the wild, urging administrators to upgrade vulnerable devices. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender.

As Israeli air strikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender. www.wired.com/story/hacked...

How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold. www.wired.com/story/world-...

After GitHub outages, OpenAI begins building a rival code repository The decision reportedly follows a series of service outages that have disrupted developer workflows on GitHub in recent months. Those incidents are believed to have prompted OpenAI...

The decision reportedly follows a series of service outages that have disrupted developer workflows on GitHub in recent months. www.techspot.com/news/111560-...

Apple just dropped a small army of new products in a matter of days, and while the hardware is genuinely impressive, the real story running through all of it is artificial intelligence. www.eweek.com/news/apple-a...

Speedtest and Downdetector sold to Accenture as part of $1.2 billion deal The deal, which includes Ekahau and RootMetrics and all of their assets, comes more than a decade after Ziff Davis bought Ookla for $15 million in 2014...

The deal, which includes Ekahau and RootMetrics and all of their assets, comes more than a decade after Ziff Davis bought Ookla for $15 million in 2014 – it bought RootMetrics in 2016. www.techspot.com/news/111559-...

Apple was quietly all over the world's biggest Android phone show, and that says a lot From design influences to software featuers to how the event was filmed, here's how Apple left its mark at MWC 2026 without even trying.

From design influences to software featuers to how the event was filmed, here's how Apple left its mark at MWC 2026 without even trying. www.zdnet.com/article/appl...

Nation-State iOS Exploit Kit ‘Coruna’ Found Powering Global Attacks The Coruna exploit kit has 23 exploits targeting iOS devices, previously used in Russian attacks and now in cybercrime campaigns.

Google and iVerify analysis reveals a powerful exploit kit originally used by Russian state actors that is now appearing in broader criminal campaigns. www.securityweek.com/nation-state...

Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.” Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.

Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/i...

Can Nvidia’s margins last? Chipmaker’s symbiotic relationship with TSMC has been lucrative but it is also a key vulnerability

Chipmaker’s symbiotic relationship with TSMC has been lucrative but it is also a key vulnerability. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

KPMG picks ex-Australia boss Gary Wingrove as next global chief UK boss Jon Holt beaten in race to lead 276,000-person Big Four firm internationally

KPMG picks ex-Australia boss Gary Wingrove as next global chief ft.trib.al/fkCFnL7

DOJ Chose Which Epstein Files You’d See — And Left Out the Trump Ones: WSJ WSJ reports DOJ kept 47,635 Epstein files offline — and released one FBI memo while withholding three that referenced Donald Trump.

At the behest of Donald Trump. Just the latest reason for why Trump should be removed from office.👇 www.mediaite.com/opinion/doj-...

The first confirmed fatalities in Trump's illegal War on Iran:

Captain Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, FA

Sergeant First Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, NE

Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, MN

Sergeant Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, IA

AI is prepared to commit science fraud, research finds ArXiv, a repository for pre-peer-reviewed papers, has been “overwhelmed” with submissions since the rise of LLMs.

Scientists tested 13 LLMs’ willingness to help when asked for assistance “with issues ranging from genuine curiosity to blatant academic fraud,” Nature reported. www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

War and uncertainty cloud Trump’s AI pledge rollout Even without the war, experts in the energy markets expressed doubt that the tech companies’ promises can check fast-rising electricity prices.

Even without the war, experts in the energy markets expressed doubt that the tech companies’ promises can check fast-rising electricity prices. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Exclusive: The Trump-Netanyahu call that changed the Middle East The call answers the question the world has been asking since Saturday: why now?

The Feb. 23 call — held from the White House Situation Room and unreported until now — was a pivotal moment that set the Iran war in motion. www.axios.com/2026/03/03/t...

U.S., Ecuadorian forces target "narco-terrorists" in Ecuador military operations The U.S. military said the operations targeted "Designated Terrorist Organizations."

Overnight we apparently did an operation in Ecuador. www.axios.com/2026/03/04/u...

LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information.

American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Microsoft: Hackers abuse OAuth error flows to spread malware Hackers are abusing the legitimate OAuth redirection mechanism to bypass phishing protections in email and browsers to take users to malicious pages.

The attacks target government and public-sector organizations with phishing links that prompt users to authenticate to a malicious application, Microsoft Defender researchers say. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government. www.wired.com/story/coruna...