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Received today — 17 March 2026 ⏭ The Register - Security

Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes

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17 March 2026 at 04:37

Admins may be even more exhausted by then, because securing Microsoft’s AI helper is not a trivial job

Gartner analyst Dennis Xu has half-jokingly suggested banning use of Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday afternoons, because he fears at that time of week users may be too lazy to properly check its possibly offensive output.…

Bank built its own threat hunting agent because vendors can’t keep pace with new threats

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17 March 2026 at 02:37

AI helped send weekly threat signal count from 80 million to 400 billion, then helped response time shrink from two days to 30 minutes

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank built its own agentic AI threat hunting tools, because vendors are too slow to develop tools that can cope with emerging AI-powered threats, according to General Manager of Cyber Defence Operations Andrew Pade.…

Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war

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16 March 2026 at 18:40

Hacktivists use proxy services from Russia, China for 'billions of designed-for-abuse connection attempts'

Cybercrime has skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, which reports a 245 percent increase in everything from credential harvesting attempts to automated reconnaissance traffic aimed at banks and other critical businesses.…

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