Top 5 Cybersecurity News Stories 1. “Copy Fail” Linux Kernel Vulnerability Puts Virtually Every Distribution at Risk (CVE-2026-31431) A critical local privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel’s algif_aead cryptographic module has sent shockwaves through the security community. Dubbed “Copy Fail,” this vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and allows an unprivileged user to […]
Public Wi-Fi Is an Open Door. Here Is How to Lock It.
Every free public wi-fi connection comes with a cost you cannot see on the terms-of-service screen. Last month, a county clerk in eastern Kentucky stopped at a coffee shop between meetings and logged into the office email over the shop’s public wi-fi. Nothing seemed wrong. Two weeks later, her office discovered that someone had intercepted […]
Cyber Security Weekly Top 5 Week of April 20–26, 2026
Top 5 Cyber Security News Stories 1. Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Supply Chain Attack The command-line interface for popular password manager Bitwarden was briefly hijacked on April 22 as part of an ongoing supply chain campaign exploiting Checkmarx’s npm distribution pipeline. The malicious package, @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0, was live for roughly 90 minutes before detection and contained […]
A Cyber Attack Hollywood Finally Got Right!
Halfway through the second season of HBO’s The Pitt, the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center loses its computers to a cyber attack. Not to a direct hit. A neighboring hospital is hit by ransomware, and Pittsburgh Trauma shuts down its network as a precaution. In minutes, the emergency room goes analog. Nurses dig for paper […]
Cyber Security Weekly Top 5 — Week of April 13-19, 2026
1. Operation PowerOFF Dismantles Global DDoS-for-Hire Empire On April 13, a sweeping international law enforcement operation spanning 21 countries struck a decisive blow against the DDoS-for-hire ecosystem. Authorities seized 53 domains, arrested four individuals, and exposed databases containing over 3 million criminal user accounts tied to commercial DDoS services used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals. […]
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security
Many people are excited about Artificial Intelligence, while others fear it. Both perspectives are valid! A county clerk in western Kentucky asked me a quiet question last month. Was it safe to open the email attachments her vendor sent her every week? She was not being foolish. A neighboring county had just been locked out […]