Below I’ve curated cyber security news from the world-wide-web – the lefthand column is from “The Hacker News” website and on the right is news from “Security Week”. Both are top cyber security news sites. In the very least this shows that threats are daily and they are very real.
Hacker News
- Eight eMudhra CA Keys Compromised, Triggering...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 5:09 pm
The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates are compromised, Mozilla and Google's Chrome Root Program confirms on October 20. An intermediate CA signs the certificates that websites present, so anyone holding one of these keys could issue a […]
- Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Gets Public Exploit PoC...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiSIEM that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-106173 (CVSS score: 9.4), is a critical path traversal flaw that […]
- Qilin and INC Ransomware Groups Exploit Palo Alto...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 3:32 pm
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that it's continuing to observe exploitation of a now-patched security flaw impacting PAN-OS and Prisma Access by ransomware actors. The activity relates to CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score: 7.8), an authentication bypass flaw that could be exploited by bad actors to […]
- Hackers Use Autonomous AI Agents to Breach...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 2:07 pm
A Chinese-speaking criminal pointed autonomous AI agents at company websites and let them break in with almost no help, and a security researcher watched it happen because the operators left their control panels open on the internet. The agents tried more than 1,200 sites and reached websites […]
- Pegasus Spyware Infection Confirmed on Serbian...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 12:59 pm
The iPhone of Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade and a prominent supporter of Serbia's student protest movement, was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware in 2026, the Citizen Lab said on October 19. The finding came six days before Serbia's October 25 snap parliamentary […]
- WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 11:41 am
WhatsApp's help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp's own privacy policy for Europe tells users they can complain to one. The text […]
- What Security Teams Can Do To Tame Wild Codeby info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 11:33 am
A sales manager builds an AI-assisted workflow to route leads. It connects to customer records, summarizes inbound requests, and posts updates to a shared channel. The workflow saves time, reduces manual work, and soon becomes part of the team’s daily routine. Across the same organization, […]
- Go Issues Emergency Update Blocking Eight CA Keys...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 11:32 am
Go 1.27.3 and Go 1.26.10, released on October 20, make Go's certificate verifier reject any certificate chain that passes through one of eight intermediate certificate authority keys. Programs built on the new release will refuse connections to sites and services whose certificates were issued […]
- Russian APT28 Breaches NATO Naval Shipbuilder in...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 11:06 am
The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 (aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, and Forest Blizzard) has been attributed to attacks targeting two member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Symantec Threat Hunter Team, which is tracking the activity cluster […]
- ConnectWise Resets Credentials as Cloud Backup...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 20, 2026 at 10:56 am
ConnectWise on Monday said it has taken remediation measures, including strengthening administrative-access protections and resetting accounts and replacing application credentials, as it continues to respond to a security incident that led to unauthorized access to application identities […]
WordPress News
- WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is Ready for Download and...by David Baumwald on October 20, 2026 at 4:02 pm
This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 You can test […]
- WordPress 7.1.3 Maintenance and Security Releaseby Jake Spurlock on October 6, 2026 at 5:00 pm
This security and maintenance release features 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.3 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click […]
- WordPress 7.1.2 Releaseby John Blackbourn on September 22, 2026 at 2:01 pm
This security release features a fix for a critical severity security vulnerability. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then […]
- WordPress Takes Its Turn Leading the Open Website...by Mary Hubbard on September 21, 2026 at 2:28 pm
I’m happy to announce that I am now serving as president of the Open Website Alliance (OWA), representing the WordPress Foundation. The Alliance brings together the community organizations behind Drupal, Joomla!, TYPO3, and WordPress to advocate for open source and share practices that benefit […]
- WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Releaseby Aaron Jorbin on September 17, 2026 at 7:53 pm
This security and maintenance release features 17 bug fixes on Core, 19 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 11 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.1 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress […]
- Students Built 108 Websites in Two Weeks in...by Destiny Kanno on September 7, 2026 at 11:19 pm
In July, students at two campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites. In eastern Uganda, a workshop that arrived to find no electricity at the school ran anyway, for more than 100 learners, because a former student had asked for it. In Costa Rica, three university students taught a […]
- WordPress Signs the Open Weights and American AI...by Mary Hubbard on August 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm
We’re proud to announce that WordPress has signed Open Weights and American AI Leadership, an open letter asking US policymakers to not place early restrictions on open weight AI models. These are artificial intelligence models that anyone can download, inspect, modify, and run on their own […]
- AI Creates Opportunity While Artists Ship at...by Nicholas Garofalo on August 20, 2026 at 5:51 am
WordCamp US (WCUS) 2026 just wrapped up after 4 days at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Over 1,100 people from around the world registered to attend, and thousands more watched online through livestreams. Contributor Day and Showcase Day opened the week before two main […]
- WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou”by annezazu on August 19, 2026 at 11:33 pm
WordPress 7.1, “Mary Lou,” is here—celebrating the pioneering jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams and her spirit of reinvention and collaboration. This release brings a more flexible, responsive, and collaborative WordPress experience, with new responsive styling controls, […]
- Introducing the WordPress Browser Extensionby Jake Goldman on August 13, 2026 at 4:29 pm
The official WordPress Browser Extension is now available for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers in the Chrome Web Store and for Safari on macOS in the Mac App Store. This new open source extension lets logged-in site users easily hide the admin bar while keeping its most helpful shortcuts […]

















