Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost. On Thursday, Google announced that "commercially motivated" actors have attempted to c
Published: 2026-02-12T19:42:08
Incident is at least the third time the exchange has been targeted by thieves. Open source packages published on the npm and PyPI repositories were laced with code that stole
Published: 2026-02-06T22:16:51
For now, it might not function outside of a lab Cybersecurity researchers say they've spotted the first Android malware strain that uses generative AI to improve performance once installed. But it may be only a proof of concept.
Published: 2026-02-19T16:04:52
You told me not to write it on a Post-it... Bork!Bork!Bork! Today's bork is entirely human-generated and will send a shiver down the spine of security pros. No matter how secure a system is, a user's ability to undo an administrator's best efforts s
Published: 2026-02-19T11:14:14
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."
Published: 2026-02-18T12:41:26
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.
Published: 2026-02-18T11:00:07
When the gap between data generation and action is a strategic liability, it's time for a fix Sponsored Feature Today's digital economy is generating data in unprecedented volumes, flooding enterprise IT systems from a multitude of sources, includin
Published: 2026-02-17T16:00:08
A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw - the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that "actually does things" - absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous software use their computers on their behalf. The hacker took advantage of […] 
A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw - the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that "actually does things" - absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous s...
Published: 2026-02-19T13:58:56
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is "masking its Chinese connections," while serving as "an open window for Chinese-sponsored threat actors and Chinese intelligence agencies." TP-Link was founded in China, but […] 
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is "masking its Chinese connections," while serving as "an ope...
Published: 2026-02-19T13:20:25
Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company's Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could carry out a remote code execution attack by tricking users "into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad," as reported earlier by The Register. Clicking the link […] 
Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company's Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could carry out a remote code execution attack by tricking users "into clicking a malicious l...
Published: 2026-02-11T13:06:36
Microsoft is automatically replacing boot-level security certificates on Windows devices before they start expiring later this year. The new Secure Boot certificates will be rolled out as part of the regular Windows platform updates, according to Microsoft's announcement blog, marking a "generational refresh" of the security standard. Secure Boot was introduced in 2011 to protect […] Microsoft is automatically replacing boot-level security certificates on Windows devices before they start expiring later this year. The new Secure Boot certificates will be rolled out as part of the regular Windows platform updates, according to M...
Published: 2026-02-10T12:00:00