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
- 2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 4, 2026 at 11:58 amOn December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan's largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man shared his […]
- Silver Fox Deploys ABCDoor Malware via Tax-Themed...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 4, 2026 at 11:57 amThe China-based cybercrime group known as Silver Fox has been linked to a new campaign targeting organizations in Russia and India with a new malware called ABCDoor. The activity involved using phishing emails that mimic correspondence from the Income Tax Department of India in December 2025, […]
- Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 4, 2026 at 9:27 amA previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed […]
- Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 4, 2026 at 5:59 amA coordinated international operation involving U.S. and Chinese authorities has arrested at least 276 suspects and shut down nine scam centers used for cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The crackdown was led by the Dubai […]
- CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 3, 2026 at 6:26 amThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as […]
- Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 2, 2026 at 6:41 amCybersecurity company Trellix has announced that it suffered a breach that enabled unauthorized access to a "portion" of its source code. It said it "recently identified" the compromise of its source code repository and that it began working with "leading forensic experts" to resolve the matter […]
- 30,000 Facebook Accounts Hacked via Google...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 1, 2026 at 6:09 pmA newly discovered Vietnamese-linked operation has been observed using a Google AppSheet as a "phishing relay" to distribute phishing emails with an aim to compromise Facebook accounts. The activity has been codenamed AccountDumpling by Guardio, with the scheme selling the stolen accounts back […]
- Cybercrime Groups Using Vishing and SSO Abuse in...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 1, 2026 at 2:26 pmCybersecurity researchers are warning of two cybercrime groups that are carrying out "rapid, high-impact attacks" operating almost within the confines of SaaS environments, while leaving minimal traces of their actions. The clusters, Cordial Spider (aka BlackFile, CL-CRI-1116, O-UNC-045, and […]
- China-Linked Hackers Target Asian Governments,...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 1, 2026 at 2:02 pmCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new China-aligned espionage campaign targeting government and defense sectors across South, East, and Southeast Asia, along with one European government belonging to NATO. Trend Micro has attributed the activity to a threat activity cluster it […]
- Top Five Sales Challenges Costing MSPs...
by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on May 1, 2026 at 10:30 amThe managed security services market is projected to grow from $38.31 billion in 2025 to $69.16 billion by 2030[1], with cybersecurity being the fastest-growing sector[2]. Despite this opportunity, many MSPs leave revenue on the table because their go-to-market strategy fails to connect technical […]
WordPress News
- WordPress Student Clubs Build Momentum
by Brett McSherry on April 29, 2026 at 1:14 pmWordPress Student Clubs are beginning to take shape as a new way to carry the momentum of WordPress Campus Connect beyond one-time workshops. What starts as an introduction to WordPress and open source is now continuing on campus through student-led groups that create space for learning, peer […]
- Celebrating Community at WordCamp Asia 2026
by Brett McSherry on April 11, 2026 at 6:21 pmWordCamp Asia 2026 brought the global WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9–11, gathering contributors, organizers, sponsors, speakers, and attendees at the Jio World Convention Centre for three days of learning, collaboration, and community. With 2,627 attendees, the event reflected […]
- How to Watch WordCamp Asia 2026 Live
by Brett McSherry on April 7, 2026 at 1:57 pmWordCamp Asia 2026 will be available to watch live across three days of streaming, making it easy for the global WordPress community to follow along from anywhere. This year’s live streamed programming begins with a special Contributor Day broadcast, followed by two full conference days of […]
- From AI to Open Source at WordCamp Asia 2026
by Brett McSherry on April 2, 2026 at 4:10 pmApril 9-11, 2026 | Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India WordCamp Asia 2026 brings the WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9 to 11, with a schedule shaped around artificial intelligence, enterprise WordPress, developer workflows, product strategy, and open source collaboration. […]
- WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 2
by Mary Hubbard on March 26, 2026 at 6:37 pmThe second Release Candidate (“RC2”) 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 […]
- WP Packages is Working the Way Open Source Shouldby Jonathan Bossenger on March 25, 2026 at 3:27 pm
When WP Engine acquired WPackagist on March 12, the WordPress developer community faced a familiar question: what happens when critical open source infrastructure ends up under corporate control? The community already had an answer in progress. Four days later, WP Packages (formerly WP Composer) […]
- WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 1by Amy Kamala on March 24, 2026 at 7:32 pm
The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to […]
- WordPress 7.0 Beta 5by Ahmed Kabir Chaion on March 12, 2026 at 3:49 pm
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to test Beta 5 on a test server and […]
- WordPress 6.9.4 Releaseby John Blackbourn on March 11, 2026 at 3:34 pm
WordPress 6.9.4 is now available WordPress 6.9.2 and WordPress 6.9.3 were released yesterday, addressing 10 security issues and a bug that affected template file loading on a limited number of sites. The WordPress Security Team has discovered that not all of the security fixes were fully applied, […]
- Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress
by Brandon Payton on March 11, 2026 at 1:00 pmFor nearly two decades, WordPress has been known for a simple, powerful idea: that anyone should be able to get online and start creating with minimal friction. The famous five-minute install captured that spirit for an earlier era of the web. Today, we’re introducing my.WordPress.net, a new take […]