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Iran war drives urgent need  to counter underwater attack drones

The Register - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:17
US and UK forces seeking tech tender with an April 3 deadline

The UK and US are looking for technology to counter the threat posed by underwater drones to ships, harbors and other critical maritime infrastructure, and are asking industry for answers.…

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Security boffins scoured the web and found hundreds of valid API keys

The Register - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 07:04
Global bank's devs have some cleaning up to do after cloud creds found in website code

Computer security boffins have conducted an analysis of 10 million websites and found almost 2,000 API credentials strewn across 10,000 webpages.…

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Brit lawmaker targeted by AI deepfake fails to get answers from US Big Tech

The Register - Thu, 26/03/2026 - 11:49
Appearing before Parliament, Meta, Google and X struggle to explain how fake political video circulated for so long

A member of the UK Parliament's lower house who was the victim of a deepfake AI campaign this week had a rare chance to confront the Big Tech executives who helped spread it. Their answers disappointed.…

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UK wants to know if banning under-16s from social media does anything useful

The Register - Thu, 26/03/2026 - 09:30
300 families undergo 6-week trial to test impact on sleep, school, and home life

The UK government will trial different levels of restrictions on social media for under-16s with the help of 300 families, alongside a public consultation that has already gathered nearly 30,000 responses.…

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Indian government probes CCTV espionage operation linked to Pakistan

The Register - Thu, 26/03/2026 - 03:18
Police found cameras pointing at infrastructure

Indian authorities have reportedly ordered an audit of the nation’s CCTV cameras, after police uncovered what they claim was a Pakistan-backed surveillance operation.…

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AI supply chain attacks don’t even require malware…just post poisoned documentation

The Register - Wed, 25/03/2026 - 20:50
A proof-of-concept attack on Context Hub suggests there's not much content santization

A new service that helps coding agents stay up to date on their API calls could be dialing in a massive supply chain vulnerability.…

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