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
- China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 24, 2025 at 3:00 am
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an advisory warning of cyber attacks mounted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon actors to breach major global telecommunications providers as part of a cyber espionage campaign. The attackers […]
- Echo Chamber Jailbreak Tricks LLMs Like OpenAI...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 23, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new jailbreaking method called Echo Chamber that could be leveraged to trick popular large language models (LLMs) into generating undesirable responses, irrespective of the safeguards put in place. "Unlike traditional jailbreaks that rely on […]
- DHS Warns Pro-Iranian Hackers Likely to Target...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 23, 2025 at 3:14 pm
The United States government has warned of cyber attacks mounted by pro-Iranian groups after it launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites as part of the Iran–Israel war that commenced on June 13, 2025. Stating that the ongoing conflict has created a "heightened threat environment" in the […]
- XDigo Malware Exploits Windows LNK Flaw in...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 23, 2025 at 1:12 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a Go-based malware called XDigo that has been used in attacks targeting Eastern European governmental entities in March 2025. The attack chains are said to have leveraged a collection of Windows shortcut (LNK) files as part of a multi-stage procedure to […]
- How AI-Enabled Workflow Automation Can Help SOCs...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 23, 2025 at 11:25 am
It sure is a hard time to be a SOC analyst. Every day, they are expected to solve high-consequence problems with half the data and twice the pressure. Analysts are overwhelmed—not just by threats, but by the systems and processes in place that are meant to help them respond. Tooling is […]
- Google Adds Multi-Layered Defenses to Secure...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 23, 2025 at 10:46 am
Google has revealed the various safety measures that are being incorporated into its generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems to mitigate emerging attack vectors like indirect prompt injections and improve the overall security posture for agentic AI systems. "Unlike direct prompt injections, […]
- ⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, 7.3 Tbps DDoS,...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 23, 2025 at 9:30 am
Not every risk looks like an attack. Some problems start as small glitches, strange logs, or quiet delays that don’t seem urgent—until they are. What if your environment is already being tested, just not in ways you expected? Some of the most dangerous moves are hidden in plain sight. It’s […]
- Scattered Spider Behind Cyberattacks on M&S and...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 21, 2025 at 9:44 am
The April 2025 cyber attacks targeting U.K. retailers Marks & Spencer and Co-op have been classified as a "single combined cyber event." That's according to an assessment from the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a U.K.-based independent, non-profit body set up by the insurance industry to […]
- Qilin Ransomware Adds "Call Lawyer" Feature to...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 20, 2025 at 4:35 pm
The threat actors behind the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are now offering legal counsel for affiliates to put more pressure on victims to pay up, as the cybercrime group intensifies its activity and tries to fill the void left by its rivals. The new feature takes the form of a "Call […]
- Iran's State TV Hijacked Mid-Broadcast Amid...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on June 20, 2025 at 11:54 am
Iran's state-owned TV broadcaster was hacked Wednesday night to interrupt regular programming and air videos calling for street protests against the Iranian government, according to multiple reports. It's currently not known who is behind the attack, although Iran pointed fingers at Israel, per […]
WordPress News
- Dropping security updates for WordPress versions...by John Blackbourn on June 19, 2025 at 3:26 pm
As of July 2025, the WordPress Security Team will no longer provide security updates for WordPress versions 4.1 through 4.6. These versions were first released nine or more years ago and over 99% of WordPress installations run a more recent version. The chances this will affect your site, or sites, […]
- WCEU 2025: A Community Celebration in the Swiss...by Brett McSherry on June 7, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Over 1,723 attendees from 84 countries gathered at the Messe and Congress Center Basel in Switzerland, and 20,353 more joined online for WordCamp Europe 2025. I’m personally very excited… There’s so much I want to do. I think there’s a clear pathway to 7.0 and beyond. Matt Mullenweg, […]
- Announcing the Formation of the WordPress AI Teamby Mary Hubbard on May 27, 2025 at 4:28 pm
Today, I’m pleased to announce the formation of a new WordPress AI Team, a dedicated group focused on accelerating and coordinating artificial intelligence projects across the WordPress ecosystem. AI is already transforming how people create and manage content online. As this technology evolves, […]
- WordPress Campus Connect Expandsby Anand Upadhyay on May 7, 2025 at 12:40 pm
WordPress Campus Connect, initially launched in October 2024 as a pilot program, has now been formally established as an official event series due to its resounding success. The inaugural program, spearheaded by myself, Anand Upadhyay, garnered immense enthusiasm from 400 Indian students who were […]
- WordPress 6.8.1 Maintenance Releaseby Aaron Jorbin on April 30, 2025 at 5:17 pm
WordPress 6.8.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 15 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, multisite, and REST API. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate […]
- WordPress Jubileeby Matt Mullenweg on April 22, 2025 at 2:07 am
As I said, we’re dropping all the human blocks. Community guidelines, directory guidelines, and such will need to be followed going forward, but whatever blocks were in place before are now cleared. It may take a few days, but any pre-existing blocks are considered bugs to be fixed.
- WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”by Jeffrey Paul on April 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm
WordPress 6.8, code-named “Cecil,” refines your creative workflow with a streamlined Style Book, now available in select Classic themes. Enjoy faster navigation via speculative loading, stronger security with bcrypt password hashing, and over 100 accessibility improvements. With thoughtful […]
- WordCamp Europe 2025: Sali, Basel!by Brett McSherry on April 14, 2025 at 7:16 pm
WordCamp Europe 2025 will be held in gorgeous Basel, Switzerland, from June 5 to 7. It will bring together open source enthusiasts, developers, and WordPress professionals from across the region—and the world! This year’s event offers fresh perspectives, engaging conversations, and countless […]
- WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 3by Jeffrey Paul on April 8, 2025 at 3:54 pm
WordPress 6.8 RC 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing over the next week is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive.
- WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 2by Jonathan Desrosiers on April 1, 2025 at 3:53 pm
The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.8 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 […]