Security news weekly round-up - 13th March 2026

Security education can go a long way. It can help companies and users patch their vulnerable systems and be aware of the threats that are out there. The results? A better security posture. In this week's review, we have the usual suspects: malware and phishing. And in the mix, we have some more news. How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts It is a funny title from Brian Krebs. Meanwhile, it should sound the security alarm within you if you have been following the trend of OpenClaw since its release. We can go all day talking about it, but the following is what I want you to take away from the article. Jamieson O’Reilly is a professional penetration tester and founder of the security firm DVULN. In a recent story posted to Twitter/X, O’Reilly warned that exposing a misconfigured OpenClaw web interface to the Internet allows external parties to read the bot’s complete configuration file, including every credential the agent uses — from API keys and bot tokens to OAuth secrets