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Security News

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

WordPress News

  • WordPress 7.1 Beta 3
    by Benjamin Zekavica on July 22, 2026 at 3:23 pm

    WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 is ready for download and testing!  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 […]

  • WordPress 7.0.2 Release
    by John Blackbourn on July 17, 2026 at 6:45 pm

    WordPress 7.0.2 is now available. The 7.0.2 security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Due to the severity, the WordPress.org team have enabled forced updates via the […]

  • WordPress 7.1 Beta 1
    by Krupa Nanda on July 15, 2026 at 3:53 pm

    WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing!  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 […]

  • Your Guide to WordCamp US 2026
    by Nicholas Garofalo on July 13, 2026 at 1:07 pm

    WordCamp US 2026 returns for another year, this time in Phoenix, Arizona, for four days, August 16 to 19. It comes at a moment of real energy for WordPress, as artificial intelligence reshapes everyday workflows, the business of building and maintaining sites is shifting, and new people keep […]

  • WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release
    by Estela Rueda on July 9, 2026 at 5:33 pm

    WordPress 7.0.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 31 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor, addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, admin ui, and media. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate […]

  • The First AI Leaders Graduates
    by Mary Hubbard on June 29, 2026 at 8:29 pm

    On June 23, around 40 students from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), Louisiana Tech University, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette were celebrated in Chicago as the first cohort to receive the AI Leaders Micro-Credential through AI Leaders, the nation’s first workforce-focused […]

  • Browse the New Mercantile Swag Store
    by 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 2026
    by 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.