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
- CISA Adds Exploited N-able N-central Flaw to KEV...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 4, 2026 at 7:00 am
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting N-able N-central to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-18577 (CVSS […]
- 18 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 6:43 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new set of malicious npm packages that target users of Alibaba developer tools with a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) as part of a sophisticated, targeted software supply chain attack targeting Chinese-speaking environments. One of the packages […]
- Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 4:24 pm
Malware running as an ordinary user on a Windows machine can sign into a victim's passkey-protected accounts without a fingerprint, a PIN, or anything at all appearing on the victim's screen. Unit 42 detailed three attack paths against Chrome's Google Password Manager cloud authenticator, which it […]
- INC Ransomware Emerges as Dominant Actor...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 4:15 pm
The INC Ransomware operation has emerged as the "dominant threat actor" exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances. In a report published over the weekend, Resecurity said it observed the INC Ransomware accelerating its […]
- ⚡ Weekly Recap: Rogue AI Models, $88M Bitcoin...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 2:03 pm
This week kept coming back to permission. A model crossed a boundary. A wallet trusted bad randomness. Webmail kept an intruder around. Public systems, package feeds, hotel networks, and login flows all gave away more than intended. Some of it was clever. Most of it was just access left lying […]
- FOMO in the SOC: Where AI Platforms like Claude...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 11:30 am
AI is moving incredibly fast, and every security leader is feeling the pressure to keep up. AI platforms like Claude, Codex and Cursor are already helping security teams write detections, investigate alerts, summarize incidents, and automate repetitive work. The conversation has evolved from […]
- Chinese Threat Actor Uses Leaked DarkSword Kit to...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 10:49 am
An unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor has been observed running a campaign targeting Apple iOS devices by leveraging a publicly leaked version of the DarkSword exploit kit. Attack surface management platform Censys said it identified the threat actor running more than 100 web properties, most […]
- PNLD Breach Exposes U.K. Police and Government...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 9:13 am
The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has confirmed that police, government and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web. The data included names, organisations and work email addresses belonging to police officers, police staff, criminal justice […]
- Thermo Fisher Patches Flaw That Could Make DNA...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 8:05 am
Thermo Fisher Scientific has patched a flaw in select Applied Biosystems human identification software that could allow data files to be altered before analysis software loads them. The vendor's July 31 security bulletin says nearly undetectable changes to .fsa and .hid outputs could occur if […]
- N-able Says Attackers Take Over N-central Servers...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on August 3, 2026 at 6:41 am
N-able said attackers exploited an authentication bypass in N-central to gain remote administrative access and reach the customer systems managed through those servers. Its first fix was incomplete. CVE-2026-18577 affects N-central builds prior to 2026.3.1.7. N-able shipped build 2026.3.1.7 on […]
WordPress News
- WordPress 7.1 Beta 4by Benjamin Zekavica on July 29, 2026 at 3:30 pm
WordPress 7.1 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 Beta 3by 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 Releaseby 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 1by 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 2026by 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 Releaseby 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 Graduatesby 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 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 […]















