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OSINT Intelligence Briefing - February 11, 2026

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OSINT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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Executive Summary

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Top Articles
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Active Sources
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Categories
Category Breakdown:
🌍Geopolitics: 5 articles
🕵️Espionage: 1 article
👁️Surveillance Technology & Privacy: 5 articles
🔒Cybersecurity: 5 articles
🤖Artificial Intelligence: 5 articles
📰Other: 5 articles
Articles ranked by recency, relevance, and source authority
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🌍Geopolitics5

What War With Iran Would Look Like

Decapitation strikes against the regime are likely. An invasion is not.

Source: Foreign Policy Read Full Report

The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here's what that means

The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing are unraveling.

Source: NPR Read Full Report

Ukrainian sled racer says he will wear helmet honoring slain soldiers despite Olympic ban

Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton sled racer, says he will wear a helmet showing images of Ukrainian athletes killed defending his country against Russia's full-scale invasion. International Olympic C...

Source: NPR Read Full Report

‘From disbelief to anger to sadness’: Canadian envoy to US says country stunned by Trump trade fights

It has been a roller coaster ride for outgoing Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, who is leaving Washington this month after six years as Ottawa’s top envoy to the U.S.  Hillman, who ass...

Source: The Hill Read Full Report

Father of pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok first to be convicted under Hong Kong national security law

Officials arrested Kwok Yin-sang after he tried to end his daughter’s insurance policy and withdraw the fundsA Hong Kong court has found the father of a wanted activist guilty of a national security v...

Source: The Guardian World Read Full Report
🕵️Espionage1

Political Operative Sentenced to 48 Months in Federal Prison for Acting as Covert Agent of People's Republic of China

Yesterday, a San Bernardino County man, Yaoning "Mike" Sun, 65, of Chino Hills, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner for the Central District of California to 48 ...

Source: GlobalSecurity.org Read Full Report
👁️Surveillance Technology & Privacy5

EPA's "endangerment finding" rescission looms

EPA's reversal of the formal 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten humans looks slated to land this week, per the WSJ, other reports, and people tracking the move. Why it matters: Res...

Source: Axios Read Full Report

Product showcase: PCAPdroid analyzes Android app network activity

PCAPdroid is a free, open-source Android app that allows inspection of network traffic. Installation is straightforward and does not require creating an account. To begin capturing traffic, a VPN requ...

Source: Help Net Security Read Full Report

White House to meet with GOP lawmakers on FISA Section 702 renewal

“The president, several of his top advisers, and lawmakers will be participating in a discussion at the White House today about FISA Section 702 renewal,” a senior White House official said.

Source: The Record Read Full Report

With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

Source: 404 Media Read Full Report

ZeroDayRAT malware grants full access to Android, iOS devices

A new commercial mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT is being advertised to cybercriminals on Telegram as a tool that provides full remote control over compromised Android and iOS devices. [...]

Source: Bleeping Computer Read Full Report
🔒Cybersecurity5

Vorgetäuschte PDFs bergen neue Gefahren

loading="lazy" width="400px">Cyberkriminelle verschicken ihre Malware als PDF-Dateien getarnt.IDG Der Security-Anbieter Malwarebytes hat kürzlich vor einer besonders perfiden Phishing-Kampagne gewarnt...

Source: CSO Online Read Full Report

Zen-AI-Pentest: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework

Zen-AI-Pentest provides an open-source framework for scanning and exercising systems using a combination of autonomous agents and standard security utilities. The project aims to let users run an orch...

Source: Help Net Security Read Full Report

Windows shortcut weaponized in Phorpiex-linked ransomware campaign

Forcepoint X-Labs researchers have identified a large Phorpiex botnet-aided phishing campaign that uses weaponized Windows shortcut files to deploy Global Group ransomware across victim systems. The c...

Source: CSO Online Read Full Report

CISOs must separate signal from noise as CVE volume soars

In 2026, the cybersecurity industry is expected to cross a threshold it has never reached before: More than 50,000 publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities in a single year. According to a new fore...

Source: CSO Online Read Full Report

Trellix SecondSight identifies subtle indicators of an active breach

Trellix announced Trellix SecondSight, a threat hunting service designed to proactively identify low-noise advanced threats often undetected, reducing organizational risk for Trellix customers. “Threa...

Source: Help Net Security Read Full Report
🤖Artificial Intelligence5

Pentagon Adding ChatGPT to Its Enterprise Generative AI Platform

DefScoop ChatGPT has been wildly popular in the commercial sector since it was widely released in late 2022 by OpenAI. Now the tech will be added to the GenAI.mil system.

Source: RealClearDefense Read Full Report

A.I. Personalizes the Internet but Takes Away Control

The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.

Source: New York Times Tech Read Full Report

These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform.

Source: New York Times Tech Read Full Report

OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim

The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination.

Source: TechCrunch AI Read Full Report

AI-Generated Text and the Detection Arms Race

In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many submitters...

Source: Schneier on Security Read Full Report
📰Other5

Why Thai Conservatives Just Won Big

An epochal win may yet mask a deeper desire for reform in the electorate.

Source: Foreign Policy Read Full Report

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia

Wildfires that left 23 people dead were made about three times more likely by global heating, researchers sayThe climate crisis inflamed deadly wildfires that left 23 people dead in Chile and devastat...

Source: The Guardian World Read Full Report

Mia Amor Mottley on course for third term, as Barbados heads to the polls

PM and global climate action advocate looks set to secure another victory despite voter concerns over cost of living and crime Barbados prime minister and global climate action champion, Mia Amor Mott...

Source: The Guardian World Read Full Report

Canada shooting: 10 dead including suspect in attack on Tumbler Ridge high school, police say

More than 25 people are injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after shooting at secondary school and local residenceWhat we know so far about the Tumbler Ridge shootingNine people hav...

Source: The Guardian World Read Full Report

Children bombarded with weight loss drug ads online, says commissioner

The Children's Commissioner suggested social media advertising for children should be banned.

Source: BBC News Technology Read Full Report
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