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  • The ICO is becoming the Information Commission 19 February 2026 · Security Commentary

    The UK's data protection regulator is being restructured under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. New board, new CEO, new statutory objectives. The name is the least interesting part.

  • What the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill actually means 19 February 2026 · Security Commentary

    The biggest overhaul of UK security regulation since 2018 is in committee. MSPs are in scope, incident reporting gets a 24-hour clock, and fines go up to £17 million. Here's what it means in practice.

  • Chrome's first zero-day of 2026: update now, don't wait 17 February 2026 · Security Commentary

    CVE-2026-2441 is actively being exploited in the wild. A use-after-free bug in CSS handling means a crafted webpage is all it takes. Push the update now.

  • AI just claimed your spinning disks too 16 February 2026 · Infrastructure Commentary

    Western Digital's entire HDD capacity for 2026 is sold out. Cloud is 89% of their revenue. HDD prices are up 46% since September. The window for sensible storage pricing is closing.

  • Prompt injection is not the new SQL injection 16 February 2026 · AI Security Commentary

    Schneier and co have reframed prompt injection as 'promptware' — a full 7-stage kill chain. The uncomfortable truth: LLMs can't distinguish instructions from data. This isn't a bug you can patch.

  • When your payment processor can't send a valid email 13 February 2026 · Infrastructure Commentary

    Viva.com sends verification emails missing the Message-ID header. Google Workspace and Zoho reject them. The fix is one line of code.

  • Microsoft is a cloud company that also makes Windows 12 February 2026 · Commentary

    Microsoft's FY2025 numbers tell a clear story. Azure and M365 are two-thirds of revenue. Windows is about 6%. This is a cloud and productivity company.

  • Patch your text editors 11 February 2026 · Security Commentary

    Notepad++ had its update service hijacked by state-sponsored attackers. Windows Notepad got a CVSS 8.8 command injection. Two editors, two attack vectors, same lesson.

  • Insecure defaults have a long half-life 10 February 2026 · Security Commentary

    Global Telnet scanning dropped overnight in January 2026. Days later, a critical telnetd authentication bypass was disclosed. The protocol is old. The lesson is current.

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