Technology
FCC Bans Foreign Routers. Almost None Are Made Here.
The FCC added all foreign-made consumer routers to its Covered List, banning new models from sale in the US. The problem: virtually no consumer routers are manufactured domestically.
Security
Technology
Apple's Background Security Improvements, Explained
If your iPhone or Mac updated itself overnight without a full version bump, you just experienced Apple's first Background Security Improvement — a quiet replacement for the failed Rapid Security Responses.
Technology
Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday: 83 Flaws and a Copilot Exploit
Microsoft's quietest Patch Tuesday in six months addresses 83 vulnerabilities with no active exploits — but a critical Excel flaw that weaponizes Copilot for zero-click data theft deserves attention.
Healthcare IT
The HIPAA Security Rule Is Getting Its Biggest Overhaul in 13 Years
HHS is finalizing sweeping changes to the HIPAA Security Rule that eliminate the 'addressable' loophole and mandate encryption, MFA, and 72-hour recovery. Here's what healthcare IT leaders should be watching.
Technology
iOS 26.3: One Zero-Day, 40 Patches, and a Door to Android
Apple's iOS 26.3 patches 40 security vulnerabilities including an actively exploited spyware zero-day, adds a first-party Transfer to Android migration tool built for EU compliance, and opens iPhone notifications to third-party wearables in Europe.
Technology
Microsoft's February 2026 Patch Tuesday: 58 Flaws, Six Zero-Days, and Copilot Under Fire
Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday addresses 58 vulnerabilities including six actively exploited zero-days — an unusually high exploitation rate — plus three remote code execution flaws in GitHub Copilot that should worry every developer.
AI
Five Sandbox Projects This Week
At an AWS security symposium in Manhattan, I expected caution. What I found was a room full of security leaders urging their audiences to build faster.
Technology
Homegrown Software Doesn't Have to Mean Poor Security
Small projects can achieve better security ratings than major brands. Here's why internal teams sometimes outperform vendors.
Technology
Microsoft's January 2026 Patch Tuesday: 114 Flaws, Three Zero-Days, and a Shutdown Bug
Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2026 addresses 114 vulnerabilities including three zero-days, but also introduces a frustrating shutdown bug affecting Windows 11 systems with Secure Launch enabled.