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
- mSecure Warns Users to Change Passwords, Reset...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 6:46 pm
Customers of the mSecure password manager are being urged to act now to protect the confidential information they store in it, possibly by changing passwords, resetting two-factor authentication (2FA), and removing passkeys. The warning came in an email sent on November 3 in the name of developer […]
- Chainstack Reports Production Systems Breach...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 6:16 pm
Blockchain infrastructure provider Chainstack on Tuesday disclosed that it was targeted in a cyber attack that allowed an unauthorized party to gain access to some parts of its infrastructure. The incident is assessed to be part of a large-scale, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered attack […]
- Binance Reveals How Fake Job Interviews and AI...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Binance on Tuesday said the record-setting theft of $6.43 billion in assets from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange was the culmination of a "sophisticated, multi-stage campaign" that involved the use of a tampered Homebrew installation and recruitment-themed social engineering attack […]
- Barracuda Flaws Could Be Chained to Bypass...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 3:59 pm
Barracuda has disclosed details of two vulnerabilities affecting its products that, if chained together, could allow an attacker to bypass authorization controls and gain root access to a susceptible device. The vulnerabilities, a pre-authentication authorization bypass vulnerability and a command […]
- Google Warns LLMjacking Attacks Are Costing Some...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 3:41 pm
Google on Monday warned that threat actors are hijacking enterprise access to Large Language Models (LLMs) to fraudulently leverage expensive computing resources and AI services. The tactic is called LLMjacking, a form of resource hijacking adapted for the LLM era, where an attacker obtains an API […]
- cPGuard Update Channel Hijacked to Backdoor Linux...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 3:16 pm
An attacker broke into the update system of the cPGuard security tool on November 2 and used it to send a malicious script to customers' Linux servers. The script installed a backdoor and collected password hashes and other sensitive files from servers that ran it, cPGuard maker OPSSHIELD said in […]
- Red Hat Patches 9.8-Rated Linux TCP RCE Flaw...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 11:23 am
Fixed kernels for a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv4 TCP code are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10, while Ubuntu's fixes for its three newest long-term-support releases remain in its opt-in testing channel with no date for a regular update. The flaw, […]
- The 4 Elements of Exposure Prioritization and How...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 11:18 am
Your team is remediating more vulnerabilities than ever, yet your breach risk has barely changed. You’re spending too much time and effort on exposures attackers may never exploit, while higher-risk exposures sit, waiting in the queue. Gartner®’s report on exposure prioritization states that […]
- Russia-Aligned Gorbag Hackers Exploit WinRAR Flaw...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 11:00 am
A Russia-aligned threat actor known as Gorbag has been observed using simple information stealer malware in attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations. "Active since at least February 2025, the group has focused exclusively on Ukrainian targets, with a clear preference for law enforcement and […]
- Hackers Exploit BTCPay Server Flaw to Steal...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on November 3, 2026 at 8:31 am
BTCPay Server, a self-hosted, open-source cryptocurrency payment processor, has urged users to install the latest version of its software in response to reports of Bitcoin and Litecoin being stolen from hot wallets on instances running older versions. "Our investigation found that these attacks […]
WordPress News
- WordPress 7.2 Beta 4by David Baumwald on November 3, 2026 at 3:45 pm
WordPress 7.2 Beta 4 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 7.1.4by Aaron Jorbin on October 28, 2026 at 5:13 pm
This security release features fixes for multiple issues. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.4 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If […]
- WordPress 7.2 Beta 2 by David Baumwald on October 27, 2026 at 3:49 pm
WordPress 7.2 Beta 2 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 […]
- Critical PHP Security Releaseby John Blackbourn on October 21, 2026 at 1:44 pm
The PHP project has announced a security release that fixes two critical security vulnerabilities discovered in PHP. Due to the critical severity of the issues, site owners are encouraged to immediately update their installations of PHP. Your web host may already be working to update PHP and put […]
- 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 […]














