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 […]
Cyber Security Weekly: Top 5 Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 6–12, 2026
1. North Korean Hackers Flood Developer Ecosystems with 1,700 Malicious Packages North Korea-linked threat actors operating under the “Contagious Interview” campaign have distributed over 1,700 malicious packages across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust, and Packagist, the most expansive software supply chain poisoning operation attributed to the group to date. The packages impersonate legitimate developer tooling and […]
FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report: What You Need to Know
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its 2025 Annual Report this week, and the numbers are impossible to ignore. For the first time in the agency’s 25-year history of tracking cybercrime, the IC3 received more than one million complaints in a single year, 1,008,597 to be exact. Total losses hit a record $20.87 […]
Cyber Security Weekly Top 5 – Week of March 29 – April 5, 2026
1. Drift Protocol Suffers $285 Million Heist in Sophisticated Smart Contract AttackSolana-based decentralized exchange Drift confirmed that attackers drained approximately $285 million from the platform on April 1, 2026, through a novel attack exploiting durable nonces that gave malicious actors multi-week preparation time and staged execution. The breach resulted in attackers gaining control of Drift’s […]
Non-Profit Cyber Security You Can’t Afford to Ignore It!
If you run a non-profit, you probably spend most of your time thinking about your mission, not your IT infrastructure. You’re focused on serving your community, stretching every dollar, and keeping your programs running. Cyber security might feel like a concern for big corporations with deep pockets and dedicated tech teams. But here’s the reality: […]