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How Private Equity Debt Left a Leading VPN Open to Chinese Hackers

  • Anonymous Coward
  • Published date: 2026-02-19 23:58:34 UTC

In early 2024, the agency that oversees cybersecurity for much of the US government issued a rare emergency order — disconnect your Connect Secure virtual private network software immediately. Chinese spies had hacked the code and infiltrated nearly two dozen…

OpenClaw Security Fears Lead Meta, Other AI Firms To Restrict Its Use

  • Anonymous Coward
  • Published date: 2026-02-19 22:01:20 UTC

Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. “You’ve likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for our environment,” he wrote in a Slack message with a red si…

Firmware Backdoors Be Spying On You - PSW #914

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-02-19 22:00:00 UTC

AI says that this is the show where we turn coffee into threat intelligence and cigar smoke into packet captures. This week: <ul> <li>a firmware backdoor living its best life inside Android tablets</li> <li>a fresh BeyondTrust RCE that already has scanners ci…

Freeform reels in $67M for its 3D metal printing system

  • Maria Deutscher
  • Published date: 2026-02-19 21:15:55 UTC

Freeform Future Corp., a startup using custom 3D printers to make metal parts, has raised $67 million in funding. The company stated in its announcement of the deal today that Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures and Boeing Co.’s AE Ventures were among the participants. …

News 2/20/26

  • Mr. HIStalk
  • Published date: 2026-02-19 21:15:34 UTC

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