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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Patch Tuesday. Preliminary findings from the European Commission come down on TikTok. Switzerland’s military cancels its contract with Palantir. Social engineering leads to payroll fraud. Google hands over extensive personal data on a British student activist. Researchers unearth a global espionage operation called “The Shadow Campaigns.” Notepad’s newest features could lead to remote code execution. Our guest is Hazel Cerra, Resident Agent in Charge of the Atlantic City Office for the United States Secret Service. Ring says it’s all about dogs, but critics hear the whistle. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, we’re joined by Hazel Cerra, Resident Agent in Charge of the Atlantic City Office for the United States Secret Service, as she discusses the evolution of the Secret Service’s investigative mission—from its early focus on financial crimes such as counterfeit currency and credit card fraud to the growing challenges posed by cryptocurrency-related crime. Selected Reading Microsoft February 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes 58 Vulnerabilities, Six actively Exploited Flaws (Beyond Machines) Adobe Releases February 2026 Patches for Multiple Products (Beyond Machines) ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Aveva, Phoenix Contact (SecurityWeek) Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Over 80 Vulnerabilities Addressed by Intel and AMD (SecurityWeek) Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act (European Commission) Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge (NewsCase) Payroll pirates conned the help desk, stole employee’s pay (The Register) Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers (The Intercept) The Shadow Campaigns: Uncovering Global Espionage (Palo Alto Networks Unit 42) Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of RCE (The Register) With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet (404 Media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.
0:09.7	Identity is a top attack vector.
0:14.5	In our interview with Kvita Maria Pan from Rubrik, she breaks down why 90% of security leaders
0:20.8	believe that identity-based attacks are their biggest threat.
0:24.3	Throughout this conversation, we explore why recovery times are getting longer, not shorter,
0:29.3	and what resiliency will look like in this AI-driven world.
0:33.1	If you're struggling to get a handle on identity risk, this is something you should tune into.
0:38.1	Check out the full interview at thecyberwire.com slash rubric.
0:52.0	Maybe that's an urgent message from your CEO, or maybe it's a deep fake trying to target your business.
0:59.7	Dopple is the AI-native social engineering defense platform fighting back against impersonation and manipulation.
1:07.4	As attackers use AI to make their tactics more sophisticated,
1:13.1	Dopple uses it to fight back,
1:16.4	from automatically dismantling cross-channel attacks to building team resilience and more.
1:19.4	Dopple, outpacing what's next in social engineering.
1:23.1	Learn more at Dopple.com.
1:25.6	That's do p-p-el.com. That's do P-P-P-E-L.com.
1:28.4	We got your patch Tuesday updates. Preliminary findings from the European Commission come down on TikTok.
1:48.1	Switzerland's military cancels its contract with Palantir. Social engineering leads to payroll fraud.
1:54.5	Google hands over extensive personal data on a British student activist. Researchers unearth a global espionage operation
2:01.5	called the Shadow campaigns.
2:04.0	Notepad's newest features could lead to remote code execution.
2:07.7	Our guest is Hazel Sarah,
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