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Defense Contractor Employee Jailed for Selling 8 Zero-Days to Russian Broker 2026-02-25 at 15:07 By A 39-year-old Australian national who was previously employed at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has been sentenced to a little over seven years in prison for selling eight zero-day exploits to Russian exploit broker Operation Zero in exchange for millions of

SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution 2026-02-25 at 15:07 By SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities, all rated 9.1 on the CVSS scoring system, are listed below –

Wynn Resorts takes attacker’s word for it that stolen staff data was deleted 2026-02-25 at 14:39 By Connor Jones Security pros question assurances as company offers staff credit monitoring Wynn Resorts has confirmed that employee data was stolen from its servers, and is taking the hackers’ word that they’ve since deleted it.… This article is

Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and ‘fully conscious’ 2026-02-25 at 14:30 By Liam Proven It’s not chatbot psychosis, it’s ‘math and engineering and neuroscience’ The latest project to start talking about using LLMs to assist in development is experimental Linux copy-on-write file system bcachefs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Brit dual nationals grounded by border digitization drive 2026-02-25 at 14:23 By SA Mathieson Overhauling immigration system a ‘significant change for millions of travelers,’ government admits Many British citizens who hold another nationality are being barred from entering the UK unless they have a British passport or a £589 certificate as a result of the

Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values 2026-02-25 at 13:22 By Dan Robinson Galaxy S25 sheds 63% in 12 months as reseller questions LLM emphasis Smartphone makers love touting AI, but the technology may be quietly destroying resale values.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

🎙️SECURITY.COM The Podcast: Personal Privacy with Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) 2026-02-25 at 13:00 By Enterprise Security Group Hackers the movie, dopamine machines, and the role of community activism in protecting your digital privacy This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Manual Processes Are Putting National Security at Risk 2026-02-25 at 13:00 By Why automating sensitive data transfers is now a mission-critical priority More than half of national security organizations still rely on manual processes to transfer sensitive data, according to The CYBER360: Defending the Digital Battlespace report. This should alarm every defense and government leader

DVSA drives up online theory test contract value to £700m with no explanation 2026-02-25 at 12:47 By Lindsay Clark Agency that can’t keep bots out of its booking system more than doubles size of services agreement The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency has more than doubled the maximum offer on the table for a new