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Received β€” 19 February 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

Adidas investigates third-party data breach after criminals claim they pwned the sportswear giant

19 February 2026 at 00:57

'Potential data protection incident' at an 'independent licensing partner,' we're told

Adidas has confirmed it is investigating a third-party breach at one of its partner companies after digital thieves claimed they stole information and technical data from the German sportswear giant.…

China-linked snoops have been exploiting Dell 0-day since mid-2024, using 'ghost NICs' to avoid detection

18 February 2026 at 01:05

Full scale of infections remains 'unknown'

China-linked attackers exploited a maximum-severity hardcoded-credential bug in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines as a zero-day since at least mid-2024. It's all part of a long-running effort to backdoor infected machines for long-term access, according to Google's Mandiant incident response team.…

China remains embedded in US energy networks 'for the purpose of taking it down'

17 February 2026 at 22:45

Plus 3 new goon squads targeted critical infrastructure last year

Three new threat groups began targeting critical infrastructure last year, while a well-known Beijing-backed crew - Volt Typhoon - continued to compromise cellular gateways and routers, and then break into US electric, oil, and gas companies in 2025, according to Dragos' annual threat report published on Tuesday.…

Received β€” 17 February 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

30+ Chrome extensions disguised as AI chatbots steal users' API keys, emails, other sensitive data

12 February 2026 at 23:59

Are you a good bot or a bad bot?

More than 30 malicious Chrome extensions installed by at least 260,000 users purport to be helpful AI assistants, but they steal users' API keys, email messages, and other personal data. Even worse: many of these are still available on the Chrome Web Store as of this writing.…

Received β€” 12 February 2026 ⏭ The Register – Security

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

11 February 2026 at 19:56

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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Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void

3 February 2026 at 20:01

Too slow react-ion time

Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven't received the "broad public acknowledgement" that they should, according to security researchers.…

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