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2026 • 05
CVE-2026-31431: Update Your Kernel Now
CVE-2026-31431 "Copy Fail" is a Linux kernel LPE affecting every major distro since 2017. A 732-byte Python script gets root with no race conditions. Patch now.
2026 • 04
What if your password manager stored nothing
HIPPO is a proposed storeless password manager — no vault, no stored passwords, just cryptographic computation on demand. Interesting tradeoffs.
2026 • 03
How Passkeys Work
A quick takeaway on how passkeys work—what they are, why they’re safer than passwords, and what to know when adopting them.