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Rundown · Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Cyber news on March 18, 2026

On Wednesday, March 18, 2026 the Cybersecurity desk recorded 8 news events, 1 of them carried by 5 or more outlets. The earliest report came from marketscreener.com at 06:45 UTC. One more event was reported; it is listed at the end.

  1. 01

    Markwayne Mullin Faces Senate Confirmation for DHS Secretary Role

    16 outlets · first: wdsu.com Regulation

    Machine summary Kimatv.com reported that Markwayne Mullin, President Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, faced the Senate. At his confirmation hearing, Mullin told senators that Homeland Security needs funding, according to wbir.com and heraldextra.com, and WSVN reported that he faced Senate pushback over his temperament.

    Reported by wbir.com, kimatv.com, heraldextra.com, wdsu.com, wesh.com, nbc16.com, and 10 more outlets.

    Full coverage: every report, when each was published, and who was named (16 outlets)

  2. 02

    Lawsuit filed against Ericsson over alleged US data breach

    2 outlets · first: marketscreener.com Data breach

    Reported by marketscreener.com and zonebourse.com.

  3. 03

    AV-Comparatives publishes APT detection coverage 2026 for consumers

    2 outlets · first: Newswire Security Mostly press releases

    Machine summary AV-Comparatives published its APT Detection Coverage 2026 report for consumers, according to the source reports.

    1. AV-Comparatives published APT Detection Coverage 2026 for consumers, according to the source reports.

    Reported by Newswire and Pr Newswire.

    • AV-Comparatives

  4. 04

    TrendAI and NVIDIA Partner to Secure Enterprise Agentic AI Deployments

    2 outlets · first: itnewsonline.com Security

    Reported by itnewsonline.com and businessdayghana.com.

  5. 05

    Rubrik and Rackspace Launch UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud

    2 outlets · first: finanznachrichten.de Security

    Reported by finanznachrichten.de and Seeking Alpha.

    • Rackspace Technology
    • Rubrik

  6. 06

    Federal cyber experts approved Microsoft's cloud for government use, report titles state.

    2 outlets · first: Ars Technica Security

    Reported by Ars Technica and Gizmodo.

  7. 07

    Coverage recordfinanznachrichten.de: “Credence Research Inc .: Cyber Insurance Market to Reach USD 118.97 Billion by 2032 Amid Rising Ransomware Risk, Regulatory Pressure, and AI - Driven Underwriting Innovation”

    2 outlets · first: finanznachrichten.de Security

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by finanznachrichten.de and weeklyvoice.com.

    • Cyber Insurance Market
    • Credence Research Inc.

  8. 08

    Turing Award goes to Bennett and Brassard for quantum cryptography

    1 outlet · first: nytimes.com Security

    Machine summary NYT Technology reports that the Turing Award goes to Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard for quantum cryptography.

    Reported by nytimes.com.

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

  1. · 3 outletspembrokeobserver.com, Recorder, kingstonthisweek.com

Each summary and its key facts are a machine summary of the reports linked under it; the outlets, times and counts come from those reports' own records. How a rundown is built.

Also covered for this desk

12 events homed on another desk that the Cybersecurity desk also carried on March 18, 2026.

  1. Mar 18 · Space & defense channelnewsasia.com: “Trump administration defends Anthropic blacklisting in US court” 4
  2. Mar 18 · Legal Lawmakers struggle to make headway on Homeland Security funding 4
  3. Mar 18 · Legal Israel says it killed Iranian intelligence minister Khatib 3
  4. Mar 18 · Biotech en.people.cn: “Foreign capital pivots to high - tech China amid five - year roadmap launch” 2
  5. Mar 18 · Legal US government says Anthropic AI an unacceptable risk to military 2
  6. Mar 18 · Legal POWER Act remains in committee 2
  7. Mar 18 · Supply chain bloomberg: “NTT Global Data Centers Plans to Double Capacity in AI Boom” 2
  8. Mar 18 · Legal Maine courts push for more cybersecurity as all records move online 2
  9. Mar 18 · Space & defense Silicon Valley bet on war, report says it is paying off 1

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Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).