February 2026

Someone’s attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials – but we don’t know who or how 2026-02-10 at 00:12 By Jessica Lyons So many CVEs, so little time Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims’ IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege credentials, according to Microsoft […]

Google soaks up 1GW of Texas sunshine to power $185B AI spending spree 2026-02-09 at 23:43 By Tobias Mann TotalEnergies PPA to supply 28TWh of electricity over next 15 years, weather permitting of course Let’s hope it’s always sunny … in Texas, at least for Google’s sake. The Chocolate Factory plans to plow as much

Conduent data breach exposed 25 million Americans – including half of Texas 2026-02-09 at 23:08 By Ariel Zilber The ransomware attack is now coming into sharper focus as states continue to uncover how many people were affected. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Israel crypto industry pushes regulatory changes amid strong public support 2026-02-09 at 23:07 By Cointelegraph by Robert Lakin Reform of Israel’s digital asset regulations may add 70,000 jobs and $38 billion to the country’s GDP, according to KPMG. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ripple expands institutional custody stack with staking and security integrations 2026-02-09 at 23:07 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The new integrations enable banks and custodians to deploy custody and staking services without operating their own validator or key-management infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

AI chatbots are no better at medical advice than a search engine 2026-02-09 at 23:07 By Thomas Claburn And people make bad information worse by failing to provide chatbots with the right details Healthcare researchers have found that AI chatbots could put patients at risk by giving shoddy medical advice.… This article is an excerpt

Discord to start assuming all users are underage unless they prove otherwise 2026-02-09 at 22:55 By Brandon Vigliarolo Although you might be able to wiggle out if its AI age-inference model decides you’re an adult Don’t want Discord to start treating your account like it belongs to an underage kid? Then you’d better be willing

Price predictions 2/9: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH 2026-02-09 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin and several major altcoins are not out of the woods yet, especially since they continue to face significant selling near their range highs. Do technical charts show BTC and altcoins forming a bottom?

Jump Trading eyes Kalshi, Polymarket stakes as institutional interest grows: Report 2026-02-09 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Wall Street–style liquidity is reportedly moving into prediction markets, signaling a shift toward deeper markets, higher volumes and greater institutional participation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

How client-side validation complicates wallet SDK architecture: RGB-WDK integration analysis 2026-02-09 at 21:09 By Cointelegraph by Ayse Karaman A CTDG Dev Hub participant introduces an adapter layer for RGB to facilitate seamless integration with wallet SDKs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin bottom at $60K? The answer might be in Tether’s dominance chart 2026-02-09 at 21:09 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Bitcoin price more than doubled the last time Tether’s crypto market dominance topped out, a signal that is flashing again in 2026. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bernstein calls Bitcoin sell-off ‘weakest bear case’ on record, keeps $150K 2026 target 2026-02-09 at 21:09 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The research analysts pointed to tight liquidity and macro pressure as drivers of the decline, while noting that spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen relatively modest outflows. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

‘Roaring cougars’ lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day 2026-02-09 at 21:09 By O’Ryan Johnson Advertising search and web meters recorded site crashing traffic for ai.com Anthropic’s sensitive cubs and roaring cougars commercial trampled OpenAI’s offerings in searches and site hit metrics during the Super Bowl, according to ad

China-Linked UNC3886 Targets Singapore Telecom Sector in Cyber Espionage Campaign 2026-02-09 at 21:09 By The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore on Monday revealed that the China-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC3886 targeted its telecommunications sector. “UNC3886 had launched a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned campaign against Singapore’s telecommunications sector,” CSA said. “All four of

Bitcoin circles $70K as Coinbase Premium sees first green spike in a month 2026-02-09 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin saw the first brief period of positive Coinbase Premium since mid-January as BTC price action stabilized near $70,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users 2026-02-09 at 20:03 By Connor Jones New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it recovered nearly all of the more than $40 billion worth of funds it mistakenly handed out to customers as part of

ChatGPT’s viral caricature trend proves how well it knows you — and it’s freaking people out 2026-02-09 at 19:42 By News.com.au While similar images can be made in apps like Cartoonify, ChatGPT offers the twist of proving how well it “knows” you based on what you’ve previously asked or searched on the platform. This article

More than 135,000 OpenClaw instances exposed to internet in latest vibe-coded disaster 2026-02-09 at 19:42 By Brandon Vigliarolo By default, the bot listens on all network interfaces, and many users never change it It’s a day with a name ending in Y, so you know what that means: Another OpenClaw cybersecurity disaster.… This article is

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 spends $20K trying to write a C compiler 2026-02-09 at 19:42 By Joe Fay AI agents build something that mostly works but worries the project’s creator An Anthropic researcher’s efforts to get its newly released Opus 4.6 model to build a C compiler left him “excited,” “concerned,” and “uneasy.”… This article