Trivy supply chain attack causes CanisterWorm to self-spread across 47 npm packages
Ravi LakshmananMarch 21, 2026Malware/Threat Intelligence The attackers behind the supply chain attack targeting the popular Trivy scanner are suspected of carrying out a follow-up attack that led to the compromise of numerous npm packages with a previously undocumented self-propagating worm called CanisterWorm. The name comes from the fact that the malware uses an ICP canister, […]
A week after President Trump announced the end of the relationship, the Pentagon told Anthropic that the two sides were largely in agreement, a new court filing reveals.
Late Friday afternoon, Anthropic filed two affidavits in California federal court pushing back against the Pentagon’s claims that AI companies pose an “unacceptable risk to national security,” arguing that the government’s lawsuit is based on technical misunderstandings and claims that were not actually raised during the months of negotiations that preceded the dispute. These declarations […]
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors to avoid acquisition, jury says
A California civil jury on Friday ruled that Elon Musk intentionally misled Twitter investors when he tried to back out of his $44 billion acquisition of the platform in 2022. At the time, Musk tweeted that there were too many bots on Twitter, which was why he later tried to fight back against the acquisition. […]
Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows
Microsoft on Friday announced a series of changes focused on improving the quality of its Windows 11 operating system, including dialing back the number of entry points to its AI assistant Copilot, among other things. The company announced that it will reduce Copilot AI integration in some apps, including Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and Snipping Tool. […]
Cannonballs dating back to the Battle of the Alamo are unearthed on the eve of the 190th anniversary of the conflict that killed Davy Crockett
Archaeologists have unearthed an intact bronze cannonball used in the Battle of the Alamo. They made the discovery on the eve of the 190th anniversary of the historic conflict between Mexican troops and white Texas settlers. Tiffany Lindley, the Alamo’s director of archeology, announced the discovery Thursday (March 19) on an episode of the Alamo’s […]
Karsi temporarily banned in Nevada amid legal turmoil
Kalsi hasn’t had a very good week. Arizona’s attorney general filed 20 criminal charges against the online prediction market on Tuesday, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling operation. Now, another southwestern state is making a big move against the company. A Nevada judge has temporarily barred the service from operating in the state as […]
Pinterest CEO urges government to ban social media for users under 16
Pinterest CEO Bill Reddy has called on governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time magazine op-ed. As countries around the world begin introducing or considering ways to restrict children’s online time and accurate methods of verifying their age, he is now one of the few top CEOs to call […]
Trivy Security Scanner GitHub Actions Compromised, Hijacks 75 Tags and Steals CI/CD Secrets
Trivy, a popular open source vulnerability scanner managed by Aqua Security, has been compromised for the second time in less than a month to distribute malware that steals sensitive CI/CD secrets. The latest incident affected GitHub Actions ‘aquasecurity/trivy-action’ and ‘aquasecurity/setup-trivy’. These are used to scan Docker container images for vulnerabilities and configure GitHub Actions workflows […]
WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts and more
Web hosting platform WordPress.com employs AI agents. This is a decision that could change the look and feel of the web. The company announced Friday that its AI agents will be able to draft, edit and publish content on customers’ websites, as well as moderate comments, update and correct metadata, and organize content by tags […]
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, has asked the U.S. government for permission to launch a network of more than 50,000 satellites that will serve as data centers in orbit. In a March 19 filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Blue Origin’s lawyers described Project Sunrise as a network […]