This week’s cyber recap covers AI risks, supply-chain attacks, major breaches, DDoS spikes, and critical vulnerabilities security teams must track.

Notepad++, one of the most popular alternatives to the native Notepad app in Windows 11, has today published on its website a security disclosure stating that the app was "hijacked by state-sponsored ...

Comprehensive mandates for prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) require state-licensed prescribers and dispensers both to register with and to use the programs in most clinical circumstances.

Twenty years after publication of the report To Err Is Human, studies demonstrate persisting high levels of patient harm. Most patient safety measurement remains highly retrospective, relying on ...

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on federal ...

The killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year old U.S. citizen, has broken through partisan gridlock over whether immigration enforcement agents' training and conduct require greater scrutiny. In August of ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Feb. 2 published details on a critical vulnerability that impacted Notepad++, a free, open-source text and source code program widely used by several ...

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Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

Bilt Rewards made a name for itself by offering a path to earn rewards on rent without a fee. With the launch of Bilt 2.0 on Feb. 7, 2026, it expanded to points on mortgage payments and now offers ...

Chinese Hackers Hit Notepad++ to Serve Malicious Update The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is likely to have involved ...

Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.