Pressure builds on Grok AI, Ireland launches investigation
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened an investigation into X over concerns that its Grok AI chatbot was used to generate sexualized deepfakes. The…
Month: February 2026
My Day Getting My Hands Dirty with an NDR System
My objective The role of NDR in SOC workflows Starting up the NDR system How AI complements the human response What else did I try…
Interview: CyrusOne on the sustainable innovation that drives datacentre business outcomes
Speaking to Computer Weekly from colocation giant CyrusOne’s head office in Dallas, Texas, the company’s vice-president of environmental, health, safety and sustainability (EHS), Kyle Myers,…
Washington Hotel Located in Japan Suffers Ransomware Attack
Washington Hotel Japan Suffers Ransomware Attack The hotel confirmed that several of its servers were compromised in a ransomware attack, disrupting parts of its internal…
Russia Set to Block Telegram Access Nationwide from April 1
Russia is preparing to implement a nationwide block on Telegram starting April 1, 2026, according to reports from the Russian insider channel Baza. The move…
A Shocking Data Breach At A Psychotherapy Service. Jenny Kleeman Investigates.
What if your deepest secrets were held to ransom? Author and presenter Jenny Kleeman explores the shocking true story of thousands of private therapy notes being leaked online in…
OT teams are losing the time advantage against industrial threat actors
In many industrial environments, internet-facing gateways, remote access appliances, and boundary systems sit close enough to production networks that attackers can move from IT intrusion…
SmartLoader Attack Uses Trojanized Oura MCP Server to Deploy StealC Infostealer
Ravie LakshmananFeb 17, 2026Infostealer / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new SmartLoader campaign that involves distributing a trojanized version of a…
Interview: Pure Storage’s Niki Armstrong on achieving more with less in sustainability
Leading sustainability can be understood as quite similar to being in product development, according to Niki Armstrong, chief administrative and legal officer at data storage…
Poorly crafted phishing campaign leverages bogus security incident report
Poorly crafted phishing campaign leverages bogus security incident report Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026 Attackers used a fake PDF incident report hosted on AWS to…
Firefox v147.0.3 Released With Fix for Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Firefox v147.0.3 Released Mozilla has released Firefox version 147.0.3, addressing a critical memory-related flaw that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting a heap…
Cybercriminals Exploit Atlassian Cloud to Launch Spam Campaigns Promoting Fraudulent Investments
Cybercriminals abused Atlassian Cloud’s trusted infrastructure to run a burst of highly automated spam campaigns that redirected victims to fraudulent investment schemes and online casinos,…