Hammer Weekly Update, week ending 8 February 2026

Week ending 8 February 2026 put attention on security, infrastructure, cloud and servers in UK and EMEA. We’ve boiled it down to the few stories with practical impact - and concrete steps partners can take this week.

Telcos aren't saying how they fought back against China's Salt Typhoon attacks

The Register (Security) reports: Telcos aren't saying how they fought back against China's Salt Typhoon attacks. PLUS: OpenClaw teams with VirusTotal; Crypto kidnappings in France; Critical vulns at SmarterMail; And more Infosec In Brief So-hot-right-now AI assistant OpenC… [1]

Controls must stand up to real phishing and ransomware drills, not just policy-recovery points and identity boundaries are the failure points. Hammer can bundle Microsoft 365 backup and a managed SOC handover into a repeatable rollout plan with timelines.

Run a restore test from an immutable backup set and record RTO.
Map MFA and conditional access coverage for high-risk apps.
Stage a 30-minute phishing drill and time the run-book.

Study confirms experience beats youthful enthusiasm

The Register (Security) reports: Study confirms experience beats youthful enthusiasm. Research shows productivity and judgment peak decades after graduation A growing body of research continues to show that older workers are generally more produc… [2]

Tie architecture to measurable outcomes and test the thing you depend on before go-live.

Define the measurable outcome; ship the smallest change that proves it.

Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser now supports custom domain

AWS What’s New reports: Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser now supports custom domain. Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser now supports custom domains for your WorkSpaces Secure Browser portals… [3]

Guardrails around identity, network and spend need to ship with the platform-landing zones and budgets should be codified, not manual. Hammer can package a baseline landing zone with budget alerts and ownership mapping so teams can deploy it the same way every time.

Codify a landing zone (identity, network, logging) and deploy to all accounts.
Enable budget alerts/anomaly detection and assign owners.
Right-size or schedule off non-prod instances before month-end.

Amazon ECS Managed Instances now available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud

AWS What’s New reports: Amazon ECS Managed Instances now available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Managed Instances is now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. [4]

Refresh by workload profile and power caps-not by age-so utilisation, firmware cadence and rack limits stay in bounds. Hammer can match CPU/GPU platforms to utilisation targets and confirm rack weight/airflow before orders lock.

Map utilisation for a peak week; set refresh by workload, not age.
Check rack weight and airflow limits before adding high-TDP nodes.
Align maintenance windows with firmware cadence.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser now supports browser profiles

AWS What’s New reports: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser now supports browser profiles. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Browser now supports browser profiles, enabling you to reuse authentication state across multiple browser sessions without repeated log… [5]

Guardrails around identity, network and spend need to ship with the platform-landing zones and budgets should be codified, not manual.

Codify a landing zone (identity, network, logging) and deploy to all accounts.
Enable budget alerts/anomaly detection and assign owners.
Right-size or schedule off non-prod instances before month-end.

How we picked these stories: we scanned UK/EMEA enterprise feeds and vendor advisories, filtered for architecture/procurement significance, and kept only items with clear next steps.