When Windows breaks and chips crack.

CyberWire Daily episode and reading list summarizing February 2026 cybersecurity headlines: Patch Tuesday fixes (including six actively exploited flaws), Adobe/ICS/chipmaker patches, the European Commission's preliminary findings on TikTok, Switzerland cancelling Palantir’s contract, payroll fraud via social engineering, Google fulfilling an ICE subpoena for student financial data, Unit 42’s disclosure of the global espionage operation “The Shadow Campaigns,” a Notepad markdown-related RCE, and criticism of Ring; includes an interview with Hazel Cerra of the U.S. Secret Service on evolving financial/crypto-related crime.