February 15, 2026 - Schneier on Security

In this issue: New Vulnerability in n8n AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge AI-Powered Surveillance in Schools Could ChatGPT Convince You to Buy Something? Internet Voting is Too Insecure for Use in Elections Why AI Keeps Falling for Prompt Injection Attacks Ireland Proposes Giving Police New Digital Surveillance Powers The Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants AIs Are Getting Better at Finding and Exploiting Security Vulnerabilities AI Coding Assistants Secretly Copying All Code to China Microsoft is Giving the FBI BitLocker Keys US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites Backdoor in Notepad++ iPhone Lockdown Mode Protects Washington Post Reporter I Am in the Epstein Files LLMs are Getting a Lot Better and Faster at Finding and Exploiting Zero-Days AI-Generated Text and the Detection Arms Race Prompt Injection Via Road Signs Rewiring Democracy Ebook is on Sale 3D Printer Surveillance Upcoming Speaking Engagements

February 15, 2026 by Bruce Schneier Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School schneier@schneier.com https://www.schneier.com A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on security: computer and otherwise. For back issues, or to subscribe, visit Crypto-Gram’s web page . These same essays and news items appear in the Schneier on Security blog, along with a lively and intelligent comment section. An RSS feed is available. In this issue: New Vulnerability in n8n AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge AI-Powered Surveillance in Schools Could ChatG

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