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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 Campus Connect Expands
    by 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 Release
    by 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 Jubilee
    by 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 3
    by 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 2
    by 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 […]

  • WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 1
    by Jeffrey Paul on March 25, 2025 at 4:19 pm

    WordPress 6.8 RC 1 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 three weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive.

  • WordPress 6.8 Beta 3
    by Jeffrey Paul on March 18, 2025 at 3:35 pm

    WordPress 6.8 Beta 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing Beta and RC versions over the next four weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive.

  • WordPress 6.8 Beta 2
    by Jeffrey Paul on March 11, 2025 at 3:46 pm

    WordPress 6.8 Beta 2 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing Beta and RC versions over the next five weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive.