US Supreme Court adopts new technology to help identify conflicts of interest
The US Supreme Court has adopted new software to assist in identifying whether a case poses a potential conflict of interest for the justices, who…
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Flaws in popular VSCode extensions expose developers to attacks
Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to…
Russian official acknowledges Starlink systems down for two weeks
Starlink terminals used by the Russian military have not been in operation for two weeks, but the disconnection has had no effect on its drone…
Macquarie brings agentic SRE to its digital bank
Macquarie’s banking division is taking reliability cues from Google, adopting its site reliability engineering principles and using AI agents to enforce them. Macquarie Group’s Phillip…
EU Parliament Blocks AI features on Corporate Devices Over Cybersecurity Concerns
EU Parliament Blocks AI features The European Parliament has disabled built‑in artificial intelligence (AI) features on corporate devices used by lawmakers and staff, citing unresolved…
Coalition names shadow comms, digital and cyber ministers
The federal opposition has reshaped its shadow ministry under newly-appointed leader Angus Taylor, with new appointments in the main technology portfolios. Senator Sarah Henderson has…
SmartLoader hackers clone Oura MCP project to spread StealC malware
SmartLoader hackers clone Oura MCP project to spread StealC malware Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2026 Hackers used a fake Oura MCP server to trick users…
Malware in the Wild as Malicious Fork of Legitimate Triton App Surfaces on GitHub
A malicious fork of the legitimate macOS application Triton has surfaced on GitHub, exploiting open-source repositories to distribute malware. The fraudulent repository, created under the…
Businesses may be caught by government proposals to restrict VPN use
Businesses that use virtual private networks (VPNs) to secure their computer systems are concerned that they could be inadvertently caught by government plans to restrict…
Polish authorities arrest alleged Phobos ransomware affiliate
Polish officials arrested a 47-year-old man accused of participating in ransomware attacks as an affiliate for the Phobos ransomware group, the country’s Central Bureau for…
Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism
Notepad++ has adopted a “double-lock” design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. The new mechanism…
US Law Firm Accuses Lenovo of Bulk Data Transfers to China
A U.S. law firm has filed a proposed class action alleging that Lenovo’s website tracking and advertising infrastructure enabled “bulk” transfers of Americans’ sensitive identifiers…