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
- ShapedPlugin WordPress Pro Plugins Backdoored in...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Multiple WordPress plugins from ShapedPlugin were compromised in a supply chain attack after unknown threat actors managed to tamper with the official release channels and push backdoor code. "Attackers compromised the vendor's build and distribution pipeline, injecting backdoor code into Pro […]
- Researchers Detail DifyTap Flaws in Dify That...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four vulnerabilities in Dify, an open-source agentic workflow platform with more than 146,000 GitHub stars, that could allow attackers to stealthily read artificial intelligence (AI) conversions from other customers' applications without requiring […]
- 29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
A heap over-read in the Squid web proxy can leak another user's cleartext HTTP request, including any credentials or session tokens it carries, to anyone already allowed to send traffic through the same proxy. The bug traces to a 1997 FTP-parsing change and is still live in Squid's default […]
- New OXLOADER Loader Uses Malicious Google Ads to...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 1:20 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that delivers CastleStealer by means of a previously unreported malware loader dubbed OXLOADER. According to Elastic Security Labs, the campaign leverages malicious Google Ads as a starting point to distribute the malware. Evidence […]
- Google Sets Sept. 30 Deadline for Android...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 12:45 pm
Google has set September 30, 2026, as the day it begins enforcing Android developer verification in the first four countries, and the major device-maker app stores are in from the start. On that date, certified Android phones in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand will block normal […]
- Stop Your Legacy Infrastructure from Hijacking...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 11:58 am
Earlier this month, I spoke at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit about a blind spot most security programs are still not accounting for - how attackers are circumventing AI security programs by using legacy infrastructure to hijack AI agents. AI adoption is moving faster than […]
- ⚡ Weekly Recap: Browser Bugs, EDR Killers, TV...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 10:55 am
It’s Monday again. This week’s threat list looks painfully familiar: abused integrations, fake tools, poisoned websites, ransomware crews trying to shut down security tools, and mobile malware asking for way too much control. The annoying part is how little of this feels new. Weak […]
- Canada’s Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 9:11 am
Canada's spy service got a judge's permission to reach into infected servers, home routers, and IoT gear sitting on Canadian soil and neutralize two foreign-run botnets. The Federal Court released a public version of the ruling on June 15. It is the first time the Canadian Security Intelligence […]
- AryStinger Malware Infects 4,300 Legacy Routers...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 6:57 am
A new malware family is turning forgotten home routers into a distributed reconnaissance and proxy network, not the DDoS botnet these devices usually end up in. QiAnXin's XLab calls it AryStinger and counts at least 4,300 infected routers, a total it says is still rising. The distinction […]
- INTERPOL Warns Phishing, Ransomware, and AI Scams...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 22, 2026 at 6:06 am
A new report from INTERPOL has revealed a "dramatic increase" in cybercrime in Asia and the South Pacific, fueled by rapid digitalization, internet penetration, new technologies, organized criminal networks, and a disparity in cybersecurity maturity. According to INTERPOL's 2025/2026 Asia and […]
WordPress News
- Browse the New Mercantile Swag Storeby jillq on June 22, 2026 at 3:07 pm
Mercantile, the official swag store of the WordPress project, has a newly redesigned storefront with a catalog that now sits front and center, and a design tuned to hold up across a wide range of screen sizes. There are also small touches, like automatically selecting a variant when only one is in […]
- Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Opens for...by Brett McSherry on June 19, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Applications are now open for the 2026 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship, which supports one active WordPress contributor who identifies as a woman and has not previously attended WordCamp US. The scholarship helps make it possible for a community member with financial need to join WordCamp US 2026 […]
- Global Partners Across the First Half of the 2026...by Harmony Romo on June 18, 2026 at 5:01 pm
This post recaps how the WordPress project’s five Global Partners — Jetpack, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Bluehost, and Hostinger — supported community events during the first half of 2026. Across more than a dozen regional the first WordPress Developers Day, and a growing network of WordPress […]
- What Happened at WordCamp Europe 2026by Nicholas Garofalo on June 6, 2026 at 5:44 pm
WordCamp Europe 2026 brought the WordPress community to Kraków for three days of contribution and conversation, from CERN going live on WordPress to WordPress 7.0, AI, and a closing fireside chat on where the project goes next. Read the full recap.
- Protect The Shireby Matt Mullenweg on June 5, 2026 at 6:51 pm
tl;dr: Temporary 24-hour cooldown period for plugin/theme releases before auto-updates. AI can give defenders an edge. We want to secure all 78K plugins and themes on WordPress.org. One of the things we’ve always striven to do as the developers of WordPress is to work harder so you don’t have […]
- WP23by Matt Mullenweg on May 27, 2026 at 5:40 pm
WordPress at 23 is simultaneously both the strongest and most precarious it’s ever been. Last week, we shipped WordPress 7 to the world. In seven days, 46% of all WordPresses, tens of millions across countless different hosting environments, are already on 7.0, auto-updated with no breakage. From […]
- Looking Ahead to WordCamp Europe 2026by Brett McSherry on May 26, 2026 at 12:52 pm
June 4-6, 2026 | ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Kraków, Poland WordCamp Europe 2026 will bring the WordPress community together in Kraków, Poland, from June 4–6 for Contributor Day, two conference days, and a program shaped by the ideas, tools, and people moving WordPress forward. This year’s […]
- WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong”by Matias Ventura on May 20, 2026 at 6:41 pm
Explore AI abilities directly in your website, all managed from a central hub. Slide seamlessly through the sleek, new admin theme implemented across the dashboard. Ignite creative flow with new blocks and design tools, and tap into an expansive developer toolbox that gives you more control than […]
- WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4by Amy Kamala on May 14, 2026 at 4:47 pm
The fourth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you […]
- Get Your WordCamp US 2026 Ticketsby Brett McSherry on May 14, 2026 at 1:56 pm
August 16–19, 2026, Phoenix Convention Center – Phoenix, Arizona Tickets are now available for WordCamp US 2026, taking place August 16–19, 2026, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The flagship event brings together people from across the WordPress community to learn, […]

















