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Supply chain attacks now fuel a 'self-reinforcing' cybercrime economy

Thu, 2026-02-12 11:59
Researchers say breaches link identity abuse, SaaS compromise, and ransomware into a cascading cycle

Cybercriminals are turning supply chain attacks into an industrial-scale operation, linking breaches, credential theft, and ransomware into a "self-reinforcing" ecosystem, researchers say.…

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The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware

Thu, 2026-02-12 11:30
That's not a good idea

Open Source Policy Summit 2026 SUSE recommends that companies should run on FOSS – but an accidental revelation from a company exec, live on stage, reveals it doesn't practice what it preaches. It's not alone.…

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UK unveils telecoms charter to curb mid-contract bill shocks

Thu, 2026-02-12 10:58
Legal teeth sold separately

The UK government claims a new Telecoms Consumer Charter will stop customers being hit by unexpected bill increases and offer clearer pricing when signing up to deals.…

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Feeling brave? Ministry of Defence seeks £300K digital boss to manage £4.6B spend

Thu, 2026-02-12 10:15
Whoever gets it will steer UK department's IT, AI strategy, and megabucks vendor deals

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering between £270,000 to £300,000 for a senior digital leader who will oversee more than £4.6 billion in spending and more than 3,000 specialist staff.…

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The UK government isn't spending much taxpayer cash on X

Thu, 2026-02-12 09:29
Department for Education dropped £27,118. The rest, little to nothing

Most UK government departments have spent little or nothing with social media platform X since July 2024 following an unpublished 2023 evaluation by the Cabinet Office. But the Department for Education has bucked the trend, spending £27,118.…

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Google: China's APT31 used Gemini to plan cyberattacks against US orgs

Thu, 2026-02-12 07:00
Meanwhile, IP-stealing 'distillation attacks' on the rise

A Chinese government hacking group that has been sanctioned for targeting America's critical infrastructure used Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, to auto-analyze vulnerabilities and plan cyberattacks against US organizations, the company says.…

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Starlink speeds past terrestrial networks – and regulators

Thu, 2026-02-12 06:03
Low-earth orbit broadband is a no-brainer for remote area connectivity, but a brain teaser for lawmakers and networkers

APRICOT 2026 Starlink can sometimes shift data more quickly than is possible on terrestrial networks, and improves connectivity in remote areas. But the space broadband service also presents new technical and regulatory challenges, according to speakers who took to the stage on Tuesday at the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) in Jakarta, Indonesia.…

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Cisco hikes prices to cover memory cost rises, says you don’t much care

Thu, 2026-02-12 04:45
Switchzilla is only getting a small slice of the AI boom, but sees a campus refresh wave cresting

Cisco has increased the prices for its hardware to cover the increased cost of memory and says the resulting bigger bills are not changing customers’ buying habits.…

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Microsoft warns that poisoned AI buttons and links may betray your trust

Thu, 2026-02-12 01:07
Businesses are embedding prompts that produce content they want you to read, not the stuff AI makes if left to its own devices

Amid its ongoing promotion of AI’s wonders, Microsoft has warned customers it has found many instances of a technique that manipulates the technology to produce biased advice.…

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Anthropic promises its datacenters totally won't drive up your utility bill

Thu, 2026-02-12 00:47
Compute it leases from Amazon, MIcrosoft, and Google... that's another story

Model-maker and SaaS-y AI outfit Anthropic has committed to covering any increases in energy prices paid by consumers caused by its power-hungry datacenters.…

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Devilish devs spawn 287 Chrome extensions to flog your browser history to data brokers

Wed, 2026-02-11 21:23
Add-ons with 37M installs leak visited URLs to 30+ recipients, researcher says

They know where you've been and they're going to share it. A security researcher has identified 287 Chrome extensions that allegedly exfiltrate browsing history data for an estimated 37.4 million installations.…

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Meta will let users tweak Threads algorithms as long as they ask nicely

Wed, 2026-02-11 20:50
Only for three days, though, then it's back to the misery feed

Meta has decided to let Threads users make custom tweaks to its all-important algorithm, but don't expect your preferences to stick and do expect to bring your best manners.…

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Lawmakers demand great wall to keep advanced chipmaking gear out of China

Wed, 2026-02-11 20:09
Allies that don’t align on chip controls could face US component curbs, they argue

Banning sales to Chinese-government-affiliated companies, apparently, is not enough. A bipartisan group of American lawmakers this week called on the Trump administration to enact a blanket ban on the sale of equipment used in the production of advanced semiconductors to all of China.…

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AI spurs employees to work harder, faster, and with fewer breaks, study finds

Wed, 2026-02-11 19:51
Like a puppy, a fun new toy soon turns into an unrelenting taskmaster

A Harvard Business Review study is answering the question ‘what will employees do if AI saves them time at work?’ The answer: more work.…

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T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation

Wed, 2026-02-11 19:28
This AI is so network native, the telco tells us, that it all works on existing hardware - no datacenters involved

T-Mobile is claiming it's now the first wireless carrier to integrate generative AI "directly into a wireless network," and it's rolling out real-time call translation as the first feature delivered on top of its new AI-filled cellular network. …

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Posting AI-generated caricatures on social media is risky, infosec killjoys warn

Wed, 2026-02-11 18:56
The more you share online, the more you open yourself to social engineering

If you've seen the viral AI work pic trend where people are asking ChatGPT to "create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me" and sharing it to social, you might think it's harmless. You'd be wrong.…

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Attending GTC? Join The Register for an exclusive dinner on scaling AI data platforms

Wed, 2026-02-11 17:50
Learn about how tech leaders are scaling AI in practice

Promo AI projects fail at scale not because models don't work or GPUs lack performance. They fail because data can't keep pace.…

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Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers

Wed, 2026-02-11 16:57
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar

Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…

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Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 26H1, but you can't have it

Wed, 2026-02-11 16:15
No known issues, no .NET Framework 3.5, but only for new Snapdragon X2 hardware right now

Microsoft has released Windows 11 26H1 but is warning the vast majority of users that it is not for them.…

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Were telcos tipped off to *that* ancient Telnet bug? Cyber pros say the signs stack up

Wed, 2026-02-11 15:41
Curious port filtering and traffic patterns suggest advisories weren’t the earliest warning signals sent

Telcos likely received advance warning about January's critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise.…

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