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Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 17:29
State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam

TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and for marketing its devices as secure despite reported firmware vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors.…

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Deutsche Bahn back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 16:36
National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours

If you wanted to book a train trip in Germany recently, you would have been out of luck. The country's national rail company says that its services were disrupted for hours because of a cyberattack.…

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Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 14:06
Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours

Generative AI tools are surprisingly poor at suggesting strong passwords, experts say.…

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Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 12:41
Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans

Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release the project's author claims makes the "update process robust and effectively unexploitable."…

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You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 12:11
No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymore

Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter aircraft can be jailbroken "just like an iPhone," the Netherlands' defense secretary has claimed.…

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HackerOne 'updating' Ts&Cs after bug hunters question if they're training AI

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 11:00
CEO lauds security researchers, insists they're not 'inputs'

HackerOne has clarified its stance on GenAI after researchers fretted their submissions were being used to train its models.…

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Palo Alto CEO says AI isn’t great for business, yet

The Register - Wed, 18/02/2026 - 04:52
Sees little enterprise AI adoption other than coding assistants, buys Koi for what comes next

If enterprises are implementing AI, they’re not showing it to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, who on Tuesday said business adoption of the tech lags consumer take-up by at least a couple of years – except for coding assistants.…

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