QR Phishing Explodes, Ubuntu Under Attack, CISA Warns Critical Infrastructure Prepare for Isolation

QR-code phishing is no longer a niche attack. Microsoft says QR phishing attacks jumped from 7.6 million in January to 18.7 million in March 2026 — a 146% increase in just three months. In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, David Shipley explains why QR-based attacks are bypassing traditional corporate defences and why security teams need to rethink phishing awareness immediately. We also cover a critical new Apache HTTP Server vulnerability with both denial-of-service and potential remote code execution impacts, a sustained DDoS and extortion campaign targeting Ubuntu developer Canonical, and a remarkable case in Taiwan where a university student allegedly used software-defined ra...