February 2026
British Army splashes $86M on AI gear to speed up the battlefield kill chain
Troops fitted with new comms kit as part of Project ASGARD British soldiers are to get an array of AI-ready kit that should mean they don't have to wait to see the "whites of their eyes" before pulling the trigger.…
Someone’s attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials – but we don’t know who or how
So many CVEs, so little time Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims' IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege credentials, according to Microsoft researchers.…
More than 135,000 OpenClaw instances exposed to internet in latest vibe-coded disaster
By default, the bot listens on all network interfaces, and many users never change it It's a day with a name ending in Y, so you know what that means: Another OpenClaw cybersecurity disaster.…
Dutch data watchdog snitches on itself after getting caught in Ivanti zero-day attacks
Staff data belonging to the regulator and judiciary's governing body accessed The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) says it was one of the many organizations popped when attackers raced to exploit recent Ivanti vulnerabilities as zero-days.…
Taiwan tells Uncle Sam its chip ecosystem ain’t going anywhere
Moving 40% of semiconductor production to America is 'impossible' says vice premier Taiwan's vice-premier has ruled out relocating 40 percent of the country's semiconductor production to the US, calling the Trump administration's goal "impossible."…
How the GNU C Compiler became the Clippy of cryptography
Security devs forced to hide Boolean logic from overeager optimizer FOSDEM 2026 The creators of security software have encountered an unlikely foe in their attempts to protect us: modern compilers.…
Follow the money: Switzerland remains Europe’s top destination for tech pay
Average Swiss salaries dwarf those on offer across the rest of the continent European techies looking for the biggest payday are far better off in Switzerland than anywhere else, with average salaries eclipsing all other countries on the continent.…
Study confirms experience beats youthful enthusiasm
Research shows productivity and judgment peak decades after graduation A growing body of research continues to show that older workers are generally more productive than younger employees.…
Flickr emails users about data breach, pins it on 3rd party
Attackers may have snapped user locations and activity information, message warns Legacy image-sharing website Flickr suffered a data breach, according to customers emails seen by The Register.…
DDoS deluge: Brit biz battered as botnet blitzes break records
UK leaps to sixth in global flood charts as mega-swarm unleashes 31.4 Tbps Yuletide pummeling Cloudflare says DDoS crews ended 2025 by pushing traffic floods to new extremes, while Britain made an unwelcome leap of 36 places to become the world's sixth-most targeted location.…