Japanese Semiconductor Supplier Hit by Ransomware, Multiple Systems Impacted
Feb. 20, 2026 – Advantest Corporation, a top supplier of semiconductor test equipment, revealed it is battling a ransomware attack that struck its network last…
Month: February 2026
Cache Deception Flaw in SvelteKit And Vercel Stack Exposes User Data
A cache deception vulnerability in SvelteKit apps deployed on Vercel exposes sensitive user data to attackers. The flaw allows publicly cached responses to be authenticated.…
Bitter-Pilled Engineering | Daniel Miessler
I have a new concept I’m using everywhere in my AI engineering called Bitter-Pilled Engineering (BPE). The idea comes from Richard Sutton’s essay, “The Bitter…
Google Blocked 1.75 million malicious Apps from Entering into the Play Store
Google Blocked 1.75 million malicious Apps from Play Store AI-powered security systems blocked over 1.75 million malicious or policy-violating apps from reaching the Play Store…
128M Users Exposed as Popular VS Code Extensions Reveal Critical Flaws
Serious vulnerabilities in four popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions, affecting over 128 million downloads. These flaws, including three assigned CVEs CVE-2025-65715, CVE-2025-65716, and…
Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security to detect and fix code bugs
Anthropic unveils Claude Code Security to detect and fix code bugs Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2026 Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, an AI tool that…
What can’t you say on TikTok?
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… A funny thing happened on TikTok last month, and it has brought allegations of censorship, manipulation, and…
QLD Building Commission moves IT under operations
The Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) regulator has reorganised itself under a new operating model, as part of a major digital transformation and modernisation…
US judge upholds US$243 million verdict against Tesla
A US federal judge rejected Tesla’s request to overturn a US$243 million ($343.5 million) jury verdict over the 2019 crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S, which…
OpenAI expects compute spend of around US$600 billion through 2030
OpenAI is targeting roughly $600 billion ($848.2 billion) in total compute spend through 2030, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the ChatGPT maker lays…
Luxury hotel stays for just €0.01. Spanish police arrest hacker
Luxury hotel stays for just €0.01. Spanish police arrest hacker Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2026 Spanish police arrested a 20-year-old hacker accused of booking luxury…
NSW Police to set up AI centre
NSW Police Force is in the early stages of setting up an artificial intelligence centre that will oversee all aspects of the technology’s adoption. The…