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MoD ticks shopping list as PM considers weapons budget boost

The Register - Tue, 17/02/2026 - 09:14
Top brass splash cash on acoustic targeting, hypersonic missiles…and Red Hat

Keir Starmer could ramp up the UK's defense spending plans faster than planned as the MoD reeled off new purchases for Britain's armed forces.…

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Canada Goose ruffles feathers over 600K record dump, says leak is old news

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 18:01
Fashion brand latest to succumb to ShinyHunters' tricks

Canada Goose says an advertised breach of 600,000 records is an old raid and there are no signs of a recent compromise.…

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Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 17:26
Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn't cooperate, police opted for cuffs

Dutch police have arrested a man for "computer hacking" after accidentally handing him their own sensitive files and then getting annoyed when he didn't hand them back.…

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You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 16:20
Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options

Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user credentials in the event that their servers are compromised.…

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Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 15:00
Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money

fosdem 2026  Open source registries are in financial peril, a co-founder of an open source security foundation warned after inspecting their books. And it's not just the bandwidth costs that are killing them.…

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Google patches Chrome zero-day as in-the-wild exploits surface

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 12:39
High-severity CSS flaw let malicious webpages run code inside the sandbox

Google has quietly pushed out an emergency Chrome fix after attackers were caught exploiting the browser's first reported zero-day of 2026.…

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US appears open to reversing some China tech bans

The Register - Mon, 16/02/2026 - 04:35
PLUS: India demands two-hour deepfake takedowns; Singapore embraces AI; Japanese robot wolf gets cuddly; And more

Asia In Brief  The United States may be about to change its policies regarding Chinese technology companies.…

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Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ

The Register - Sun, 15/02/2026 - 23:22
PLUS: Fake ransomware group exposed; EC blesses Google's big Wiz deal; Alleged sewage hacker cuffed; And more

Infosec in Brief  The former General Manager of defense contractor L3Harris’s cyber subsidiary Trenchant sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, according to a court filing last week.…

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