News for February 15, 2026

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 14 Feb 2026


Microsoft failed to fix a CPU hogging bug even though it was caught early on Edge

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-failed-to-fix-a-cpu-hogging-bug-even-though-it-was-caught-early-on-edge/

 

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/malicious-packages-for-dydx-cryptocurrency-exchange-empties-user-wallets/

 

January Sees Surge in Phishing Scams and Significant Financial Losses

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289309636919761

 

The Best AI Notetakers to Record Your Meetings, Interviews, or Classes

https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-ai-notetakers/

 

Whoops: ‘AI’ Toy Company Leaks Chat Logs, Personal Data Of 50,000 Toddlers

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/09/whoops-ai-toy-company-leaks-chat-logs-personal-data-of-50000-toddlers/

 

Address Poisoning Attacks Lead to $62 Million Losses for Victims

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289664168023393

 

NomadBSD: A Full Desktop OS on a Persistent USB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf8xalcSrrg

 

State actor targets 155 countries in 'Shadow Campaigns' espionage op

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/state-actor-targets-155-countries-in-shadow-campaigns-espionage-op/

 

European Commission probes intrusion into staff mobile management backend

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/european_commission_phone_breach/

https://securityaffairs.com/187768/data-breach/european-commission-probes-cyberattack-on-mobile-device-management-system.html solar

 

Rosen Law Firm Investigates Potential Securities Claims Against Balancer

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289724929650146

 

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Exploited for RCE in Multi-Stage Attacks on Exposed Servers

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/solarwinds-web-help-desk-exploited-for.html

https://securityaffairs.com/187761/security/attackers-abuse-solarwinds-web-help-desk-to-install-zoho-agents-and-velociraptor.html

 

Hackers Use Signal QR Codes to Spy on Military and Political Leaders

https://hackread.com/hackers-signal-qr-codes-spy-on-military-political-leaders/

 

Foreign Meddling? Brussels-Funded German NGO Sues X For Access To Data On Hungary's Upcoming Election

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/foreign-meddling-brussels-funded-german-ngo-sues-x-access-data-hungarys-upcoming

 

Backdoors With Manners: When AI Writes Clean Code That Turns Malicious Later

https://hackernoon.com/backdoors-with-manners-when-ai-writes-clean-code-that-turns-malicious-later

 

Maple Temporarily Shuts Down Web Application Due to Security Vulnerability

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289739655649905

 

Microsoft: Exchange Online flags legitimate emails as phishing

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-flags-legitimate-emails-as-phishing/

 

Weekly Recap: AI Skill Malware, 31Tbps DDoS, Notepad++ Hack, LLM Backdoors and More

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/weekly-recap-ai-skill-malware-31tbps.html

 

Top photo ID apps leak user data - over 150,000 thought to have been affected

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/top-photo-id-apps-leak-user-data-over-150-000-thought-to-have-been-affected

 

SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/0536231/spacex-prioritizes-lunar-self-growing-city-over-mars-project-musk-says

 

This is their sick plan to "collapse" the economy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQWr6Rtybg

 

China-Linked DKnife Spyware Hijacking Internet Routers Since 2019

https://hackread.com/china-dknife-spyware-hijack-internet-routers-2019/

 

Bitcoin's Potential Collapse Triggered by Systemic Risks

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289500484740850

 

Node.js LTX Stealer Emerges as New Threat to Login Credentials

https://gbhackers.com/node-js-ltx-stealer/

 

Why Is China Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar and Wind Boom?

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/08/0233236/why-is-china-building-so-many-coal-plants-despite-its-solar-and-wind-boom

 

Men charged in FanDuel scheme fueled by thousands of stolen identities

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/men-charged-in-massive-fanduel-fraud-scheme-fueled-by-thousands-of-stolen-identities/

 

'Digital squatting' hits new levels as hackers target brand domains

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/digital-squatting-hits-new-levels-as-hackers-target-brand-domains

 

Dutch data watchdog snitches on itself after getting caught in Ivanti zero-day attacks

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/dutch_data_protection_ivanti/

 

Prediction Markets Transforming U.S. Secrets into On-Chain Signals

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289791242936674

 

Ransomware Groups May Pivot Back to Encryption as Data Theft Tactics Falter

https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-groups-may-pivot-back-to-encryption-as-data-theft-tactics-falter/

 

BASEL III DEADLINE: Banks Forced to Hold 85% Physical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO4QXOq6bbk

 

Hackers Abuse Apple & PayPal Invoice Emails in DKIM Replay Attack Campaign

https://gbhackers.com/apple-paypal-invoice-emails/

 

BeyondTrust warns of critical RCE flaw in remote support software

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-warns-of-critical-rce-flaw-in-remote-support-software/

 

Anonymous Transfer of Bitcoin to Satoshi's Genesis Address

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289616762429041

 

Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for decentralized applications—communication, collaboration, and commerce without reliance on big tech

https://freenet.org/

 

Romania’s national oil pipeline firm Conpet reports cyberattack

https://securityaffairs.com/187736/cyber-crime/romanias-national-oil-pipeline-firm-conpet-reports-cyberattack.html

 

Ring founder: from near bankruptcy to a $1B deal in just 40 days

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/near-bankruptcy-1b-deal-just-130006598.html

 

Companies still need to invest in cybersecurity, says G Squared Private Wealth’s Victoria Greene

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/02/06/companies-still-need-to-invest-in-cybersecurity-says-g-squared-private-wealths-victoria-greene.html

 

The Egg-Shaped Craft: What Aliens Reveal About Reality and Religion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZgF6xTbURc

 

Your Browser's Extensions May Be Reading Your Passwords

https://lifehacker.com/tech/browser-extensions-passwords-in-plain-text

 

Flickr moves to contain data exposure, warns users of phishing

https://securityaffairs.com/187753/data-breach/flickr-moves-to-contain-data-exposure-warns-users-of-phishing.html

 

Hackers breach SmarterTools network using flaw in its own software

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-breach-smartertools-network-using-flaw-in-its-own-software/

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/warlock-gang-breaches-smartertools-smartermail-bugs

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/smartertools-network-breached-using-auth-bypass-attack-against-single-unpatched-virtual-machine

 

BridgePay payments system knocked offline by ransomware attack

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/bridgepay-payments-system-knocked-offline-by-ransomware-attack

 

College Students Can’t Put Their Phones Down—Not Even During Sex

https://www.vice.com/en/article/college-students-cant-put-their-phones-down-not-even-during-sex/

 

Critical Fortinet FortiClientEMS flaw allows remote code execution

https://securityaffairs.com/187787/security/critical-fortinet-forticlientems-flaw-allows-remote-code-execution.html

 

From Quantum Threat to AI Exposure: Why Security Is Converging Faster Than Enterprises Expect

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/02/09/from-quantum-threat-to-ai-exposure-why-security-is-converging-faster-than-enterprises-expect/

 

Hackers Deliver Global Group Ransomware Offline via Phishing Emails

https://hackread.com/hackers-global-group-ransomware-offline-phishing-emails/

 

Another NSA cryptography backdoor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xanhbvtc5bY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npwBQbh5PWQ

 

Someone's attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high-privilege credentials - but we don't know who or how

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/solarwinds_mystery_whd_attack/

 

2 To 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It's Decaf

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/2040213/2-to-3-cups-of-coffee-a-day-may-reduce-dementia-risk-but-not-if-its-decaf

 

OpenClaw AI hub faces wave of poisoned plugins, SlowMist warns

https://cointelegraph.com/news/openclaw-ai-plugin-hub-supply-chain-poisoning

 

Southeast Asian Criminals Exploit AI Tools for Scams

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/289925624151906

 

China-Linked UNC3886 Targets Singapore Telecom Sector in Cyber Espionage Campaign

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/china-linked-unc3886-targets-singapore.html

 

"Italian Job" Style Armored Truck Heist Caught On Video In Italy

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/italian-job-style-armored-truck-heist-caught-video-italy

 

TeamPCP Turns Cloud Infrastructure into Crime Bots

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/teampcp-cloud-infrastructure-crime-bots

 

Orange Business and Cisco Launch PQC-Secured Network Services

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/02/10/orange-business-cisco-pqc-secured-network-services/

 

AI chat app leak exposes 300 million messages tied to 25 million users

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/ai-chat-app-leak-exposes-300-million-messages-tied-to-25-million-users

 

US To Fund Free Speech Initiatives In Europe, Trump Official Reveals

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-fund-free-speech-initiatives-europe-trump-official-reveals

 

European Commission Investigates Cyberattack on Internal System

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290149118216002

 

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-checks-after-data-breach-exposed-70000-ids/

 

Tartaria's Final Hours — The "Dark Day" Event They Erased From History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4HB0D0vnpI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SybTy3v5cQw

 

Deepfake Fraud Taking Place On an Industrial Scale, Study Finds

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/1844248/deepfake-fraud-taking-place-on-an-industrial-scale-study-finds

 

New Cybercrime Group 0APT Accused of Faking Hundreds of Breach Claims

https://hackread.com/cybercrime-group-0apt-faking-breach-claims/

 

How the GNU C Compiler became the Clippy of cryptography

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/compilers_undermine_encryption/

 

Hackers Weaponize 7-Zip Downloads to Turn Home PCs Into Proxy Nodes

https://gbhackers.com/7-zip-downloads/

 

Struggling AI Startups Kept Afloat Despite Never Becoming Profitable

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/struggling-ai-startups-kept-afloat-despite-never-becoming-profitable

 

Microsoft 365 outage takes down admin center in North America

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-365-outage-takes-down-admin-center-in-north-america/

 

Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/reynolds-ransomware-embeds-byovd-driver.html

 

Nigeria to Implement Cybersecurity Framework Amid Rising AI-Driven Cyberattacks

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290036530314849

 

Scientists Say We Might Have 33 Senses. Here’s the Breakdown

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-say-we-may-have-over-30-senses-heres-the-breakdown-2000718893

 

Securing the Digital Nerve System: A Practical Guide to Implementing Zero Trust API Security

https://hackernoon.com/securing-the-digital-nerve-system-a-practical-guide-to-implementing-zero-trust-api-security

 

Most Engagement Data Is Compromised and That’s a Major Security Problem

https://hackread.com/engagement-data-compromised-major-security-problem/

 

Transparency International warns of rising corruption in democracies as U.S. posts weakest score yet

https://ground.news/article/watchdog-warns-against-worsening-corruption-in-democracies-around-the-world

 

Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore's four largest telcos

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyberspies-breach-singapores-four-largest-telcos/

 

Citi Puts a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Price Tag on the Quantum Cybersecurity Threat

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/02/10/citi-puts-a-multi-trillion-dollar-price-tag-on-the-quantum-cybersecurity-threat/

 

Ethereum Foundation teams up with SEAL to combat wallet drainers

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-foundation-seal-partner-stop-wallet-drainers

 

TeamPCP Turns Cloud Misconfigurations Into a Self-Propagating Cybercrime Platform

https://gbhackers.com/teampcp-turns-cloud-misconfigurations/

 

Huge stalkerware data breach sees 500,000 records leaked by hacktivists

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/huge-stalkerware-data-breach-sees-500-000-records-leaked-by-hacktivists

 

The Great Liquidation Just Started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxlfHXcw2vM

 

Polymarket to let users wager on brand popularity and public opinion in Kaito AI tie-up

https://www.theblock.co/post/389210/polymarket-to-let-users-wager-on-brand-popularity-and-public-opinion-in-kaito-ai-tie-up

 

New ‘ZeroDayRAT’ Spyware Kit Enables Total Compromise of iOS, Android Devices

https://www.securityweek.com/new-zerodayrat-spyware-kit-enables-total-compromise-of-ios-android-devices/

 

From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/from-ransomware-to-residency-inside.html

 

How safe are kids using social media? We did the groundwork

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/family-and-parenting/2026/02/how-safe-are-kids-using-social-media-we-did-the-groundwork

 

These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-turning-dead-vapes-into-musical-synthesizers/

 

Volvo Group North America customer data exposed in Conduent hack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/volvo-group-north-america-customer-data-exposed-in-conduent-hack/

 

Senegal shuts National ID office after ransomware attack

https://securityaffairs.com/187811/data-breach/senegal-shuts-national-id-office-after-ransomware-attack.html

 

Nearly 17,000 Volvo staff dinged in supplier breach

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/10/conduent_volvo_breach/

 

RATs in the Machine: Inside a Pakistan-Linked Three-Pronged Cyber Assault on India

https://www.securityweek.com/rats-in-the-machine-inside-a-pakistan-linked-three-pronged-cyber-assault-on-india/

 

Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/10/1834214/lost-soviet-moon-lander-may-have-been-found

 

North Korean hackers use new macOS malware in crypto-theft attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-use-new-macos-malware-in-crypto-theft-attacks/

 

Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-might-blacklist-archive-today-after-site-maintainer-ddosed-a-blog/

 

DPRK Operatives Impersonate Professionals on LinkedIn to Infiltrate Companies

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/dprk-operatives-impersonate.html

 

Security in the Dark: Recognizing the Signs of Hidden Information

https://www.securityweek.com/security-in-the-dark-recognizing-the-signs-of-hidden-information/

 

Luke Gromen: "All Roads Lead To Gold"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-swyVCDPo

 

Conduent data breach might have been much worse than initially expected

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/conduent-data-breach-might-have-been-much-worse-than-initially-expected

 

Utility bills as high as $1,000...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/ar-AA1W4JsY

 

SSHStalker botnet targets Linux servers with legacy exploits and SSH scanning

https://securityaffairs.com/187833/malware/sshstalker-botnet-targets-linux-servers-with-legacy-exploits-and-ssh-scanning.html

 

A quarter of Canadians have been victims of fraud or extortion: survey

https://ground.news/article/a-quarter-of-canadians-have-been-victims-of-fraud-or-extortion-survey

 

APT36 and SideCopy Launch Cross-Platform RAT Campaigns Against Indian Entities

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/apt36-and-sidecopy-launch-cross.html

 

PocketBook InkPad One is a 10.3 inch E Ink writing tablet

https://liliputing.com/pocketbook-inkpad-one-is-a-10-3-inch-e-ink-writing-ablet/

 

Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/payroll_pirates_business_social_engineering/

 

AI Rising: Do We Know Enough About the Data Populating It?

https://www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/do-we-know-enough-about-data-populating-ai

 

THE CONTINUING UNFOLDING OF THE A.I. NIGHTMARE

https://gizadeathstar.com/2026/02/the-continuing-unfolding-of-the-a-i-nightmare/

 

Police arrest seller of JokerOTP MFA passcode capturing tool

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-seller-of-jokerotp-mfa-passcode-capturing-tool/

 

Public Skepticism Grows Amid Allegations of Misinformation

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290870983035314

 

MSHTML Framework Zero-Day Opens Door to Network-Based Security Bypass

https://gbhackers.com/mshtml-framework-zero-day/

 

Google Cloud flags North Korea-linked crypto malware campaign

https://cointelegraph.com/news/north-korean-hackers-malware-crypto-fintech-social-engineering

 

Wall Street Executives Dismiss AI Threat to Software Industry

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290568389804754

 

Ancient Text Reveals Why the Anunnaki Started Killing Each Other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L089He-ELtg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ZADITX-q4

 

Odido Cyberattack Compromises Customer Data, Services Unaffected

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290874468030898

 

DragonForce Ransomware Group Targets 363 Companies, Expands Cartel-Like Operations Since 2023

https://gbhackers.com/dragonforce-ransomware-group/

 

Crazy ransomware gang abuses employee monitoring tool in attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crazy-ransomware-gang-abuses-employee-monitoring-tool-in-attacks/

 

Microsoft Office Word 0-Day Vulnerability Enables Attackers to Bypass Security Feature

https://gbhackers.com/microsoft-office-word-0-day-vulnerability/

 

Public Trust In US Government Nears Historic Lows

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/public-trust-us-government-nears-historic-lows

 

Crypto's Path to Mass Adoption Requires Enhanced Security and Applications

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/290539798947617

 

Russian Hackers Hijack GitHub, Mirror Sites in Supply Chain Attack

https://ground.news/article/russian-hackers-hijack-github-mirror-sites-in-supply-chain-attack

 

287 Malicious Chrome Extensions Steal Browsing Data from 37.4 Million Users

https://gbhackers.com/287-malicious-chrome-extensions-steal-browsing-data/

 

Microsoft says hackers are exploiting critical zero-day bugs to target Windows and Office users

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/microsoft-says-hackers-are-exploiting-critical-zero-day-bugs-to-target-windows-and-office-users/

 

America's Cyber Defense Agency Is Burning Down and Nobody's Coming to Put It Out

https://www.threathunter.ai/blog/americas-cyber-defense-agency-burning-down/

 

US Hacking Tool Boss Stole and Sold Exploits To Russian Broker That Could Target Millions of Devices, DOJ Says

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/12/0615244/us-hacking-tool-boss-stole-and-sold-exploits-to-russian-broker-that-could-target-millions-of-devices-doj-says

 

AMOS infostealer targets macOS through a popular AI app

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amos-infostealer-targets-macos-through-a-popular-ai-app/

 

ORB Networks Leverages Compromised IoT Devices and SOHO Routers to Mask Cyberattacks

https://gbhackers.com/iot-devices-and-soho-routers/

 

Senegalese Data Breaches Expose Lack of 'Security Maturity'

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hackers-breach-senegal-national-biometric-database

 

America's prediction market bubble is here

https://www.businessinsider.com/prediction-markets-polymarket-kalshi-super-bowl-boom-bubble-2026-2

 

AI malware, Gemini lures and more: Google reveals how hackers are actually using AI

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ai-malware-gemini-lures-and-more-google-reveals-how-hackers-are-actually-using-ai

 

ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Prompt RCE, Claude 0-Click, RenEngine Loader, Auto 0-Days & 25+ Stories

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/threatsday-bulletin-ai-prompt-rce.html

 

Standard Chartered sees bitcoin falling to $50,000, ether to $1,400 before rebound

https://www.theblock.co/post/389609/standard-chartered-bitcoin-50000-ether-1400-rebound

 

The Quantum Computer That Never Makes Mistakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNV2RxIMXTs

 

Criminals are using AI website builders to clone major brands

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/criminals-are-using-ai-website-builders-to-clone-major-brands

 

Home affordability in the 25 largest metropolitan areas in U.S. and Canada

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-housing-affordability-canada-united-states-income-prices/

 

Odido data breach exposes personal info of 6.2 million customers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/odido-data-breach-exposes-personal-info-of-62-million-customers/

https://securityaffairs.com/187927/uncategorized/odido-confirms-massive-breach-6-2-million-customers-impacted.html

 

A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web

https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-niche-websites-are-seeing-a-surge-of-mysterious-traffic-from-china/

 

Huge OneFly data breach sees traveler IDs and payment details leaked

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/huge-onefly-data-breach-sees-traveler-ids-and-payment-details-leaked

 

Hacker linked to Epstein removed from Black Hat cyber conference website

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/hacker-linked-to-epstein-removed-from-black-hat-cyber-conference-website/

 

'Another dark day': Users slam Microsoft over Polyglot Notebooks deprecation

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/12/polyglot_notebooks_deprecation/

 

The CTEM Divide: Why 84% of Security Programs Are Falling Behind

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/the-ctem-divide-why-84-of-security.html

 

Romania's oil pipeline operator Conpet confirms data stolen in attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/romanias-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-confirms-data-stolen-in-attack/

 

Unveiling Astaxanthin Secrets: Cancer Recovery, Inflammation & Mitochondria | Samuel Shepherd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tRJs7JWn3Q

 

Google Reports State-Backed Hackers Using Gemini AI for Recon and Attack Support

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/google-reports-state-backed-hackers.html

https://securityaffairs.com/187958/ai/google-state-backed-hackers-exploit-gemini-ai-for-cyber-recon-and-attacks.html

 

ApolloMD Data Breach Impacts 626,000 Individuals

https://www.securityweek.com/apollomd-data-breach-impacts-626000-individuals/

https://securityaffairs.com/187921/data-breach/apollomd-data-breach-impacts-626540-people.html

 

Windows 11 Notepad Flaw Let Files Execute Silently via Markdown Links

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/12/2111243/windows-11-notepad-flaw-let-files-execute-silently-via-markdown-links

 

Coinbase swings to $667 million loss as crypto slump drags Q4 revenue

https://www.theblock.co/post/389732/coinbase-swings-q4-loss-revenue-slips-coin-shares-two-year-low-earnings

 

'Your data is public': Hacker warns victims after leaking 6.8 billion emails online

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/your-data-is-public-hacker-warns-victims-after-leaking-6-8-billion-emails-online

 

Single, married, divorced: I’ve been all three, and none are perfect

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-single-married-divorced-idealize-marriage/

 

Microsoft’s AI-Powered Copyright Bots Fu**ed Up And Got An Innocent Game Delisted From Steam

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/microsofts-ai-powered-copyright-bots-fucked-up-and-got-an-innocent-game-delisted-from-steam/

 

WolfSSL Sucks Too, So Now What?

https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/02/wolfssl-sucks-too/

 

The $17 Billion Wake-Up Call: Securing Crypto in the Age of AI Scams

https://hackread.com/17-billion-wake-up-call-securing-crypto-ai-scams/

 

Gold: Texas Rolls Out its Own "Non-Monetary" Money

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-02-12/goldc-texas-rolls-out-its-own-non-monetary-money

 

Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report

https://www.theblock.co/post/389857/binance-france-head-targeted-in-botched-home-invasion-as-three-arrested-report

 

Blame Putin for the Gold and Silver Crash

https://dailyreckoning.com/blame-putin-for-the-gold-and-silver-crash/

 

Claude LLM artifacts abused to push Mac infostealers in ClickFix attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/claude-llm-artifacts-abused-to-push-mac-infostealers-in-clickfix-attack/

 

Misconfigured AI could trigger the next national infrastructure meltdown

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/13/gartner_ai_infrastructure/

 

Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day Bugs Spark Exploit Frenzy — Again

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/ivanti-epmm-zero-day-bugs-exploit

 

Fake shops target Winter Olympics 2026 fans

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Two Philadelphia Men Admit To AI-Assisted $3.5M Housing Aid Scam In Minnesota

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/philly-pair-admit-35m-ai-housing-aid-scam-minnesota

 

Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Business Data, Emails, and Browsing History

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/malicious-chrome-extensions-caught.html

 

Sumerian Texts REVEAL Earth Was Only One of the Anunnaki’s Many Colonies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BpYgBI95Zs&t=24s

 

Forget zero-days - 'N-days' could be the most worrying security threat facing your systems today, here's why

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Attackers finally get around to exploiting critical Microsoft bug from 2024

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/13/critical_microsoft_bug_from_2024/

 

What Interoperability in Healthcare Really Means for Security and Privacy

https://hackread.com/interoperability-in-healthcare-security-privacy/

 

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Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Tiffany fined $25 million over data breaches

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/louis-vuitton-dior-and-tiffany-fined-25-million-over-data-breaches/

 

Phishing Campaigns Target Users with Fake Meeting Invites and Update Alerts via Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet

https://gbhackers.com/fake-meeting-invites-and-update/

 

Attackers exploit BeyondTrust CVE-2026-1731 within hours of PoC release

https://securityaffairs.com/187962/uncategorized/attackers-exploit-beyondtrust-cve-2026-1731-within-hours-of-poc-release.html

 

European Official Warns That Americans Can Be Silenced By EU Online Speech Laws

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/european-official-warns-americans-can-be-silenced-eu-online-speech-laws

 

Google Ties Suspected Russian Actor to CANFAIL Malware Attacks on Ukrainian Orgs

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/google-ties-suspected-russian-actor-to.html

https://securityaffairs.com/187976/hacking/suspected-russian-hackers-deploy-canfail-malware-against-ukraine.html

 

How AI could eat itself: Competitors can probe models to steal their secrets and clone them

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/14/ai_risk_distillation_attacks/

 

Georgia healthcare company data breach impacts more than 620,000

https://therecord.media/georgia-healthcare-company-data-breach-impacts-620000

 

Nearly a million WordPress websites could be at risk from this serious plugin security flaw

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nearly-a-million-wordpress-websites-could-be-at-risk-from-this-serious-plugin-security-flaw

 

Nation-State Hackers Put Defense Industrial Base Under Siege

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/nation-state-hackers-defense-industrial-base-under-siege

 

Chrome Extensions Infect 500K Users to Hijack VKontakte Accounts

https://gbhackers.com/chrome-extensions-infect-500k-users/

 

Fake job recruiters hide malware in developer coding challenges

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-job-recruiters-hide-malware-in-developer-coding-challenges/

 

Figure Technology suffers data breach, exposing personal customer details

https://cointelegraph.com/news/figure-technology-data-breach-customer-details-exposed

 

Embedded Linux Essentials Handbook (worth $35.99) now free

https://www.neowin.net/sponsored/embedded-linux-essentials-handbook-worth-3599-now-free/

 

IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/ibm-will-hire-your-entry-level-talent-in-the-age-of-ai/

 

Cogram is hiring former technical founders (product engineers)

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cogram/jobs/LDTrViN-ex-technical-founder-product-engineer

 

Asimov is hiring ($20/hour, remote tasks)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999753

https://tryasimov.ai/collectors

 

Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is a global 6-month developer challenge designed to reward real-world utility projects and initiatives (with 150,000+ in cash prizes and software credits)

https://proofofusefulness.com/

 

Schubert – The Unfinished | Mariss Jansons | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_fruSV4ccM

 

 

P.S. For those who want to have a list of annotations, here is the link to the article on how to do it with ChatGPT and Zapier

https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-summarize-an-article/

 

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