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
- Fake ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Ad Portals...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 6:38 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a "human-operated phishing platform" that impersonates advertising products for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Perplexity, Meta Muse, and Manus. The products, which claim to offer […]
- Linux Backdoors Impersonate Email Security Tools...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 6:24 pm
Linux backdoors targeting telecom and network appliances in South Korea and Taiwan have been disguising their traffic as email services and seemingly legitimate processes to blend in and evade detection. Threat actors are known to name their malicious software after a legitimate operating system […]
- LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 11:57 am
A malicious spreadsheet can make LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice run an attacker's code as soon as the file is opened, security researchers have shown. There is no warning first, of the kind either program shows before it runs a macro. The attack works only when the program's Java support is […]
- Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 11:26 am
The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages. "The unauthorized bot activities included edits to our […]
- Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 11:02 am
In 2024, MCP (Model Context Protocol) set out to become the USB-C of AI: one standard for connecting models, agents, and IDEs to tools and data. The protocol delivered. Thousands of developers built servers, and enterprises plugged them into agent workflows. The ecosystem around it fell short. […]
- Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 9:21 am
Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software. The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers there for a reward. […]
- Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 6:58 am
A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product's web application root directory. The attacker must already know a file's exact name and path and cannot list what the directory […]
- FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 6:56 am
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees. That's according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter. […]
- Denmark Says Attackers Accessed CPR Data for 8.8...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 6:00 am
Unauthorized parties have gained access to the names, addresses, and personal identification numbers of about 8.8 million people, living and dead, in Denmark's national population register, the country's digitalization ministry said on October 5. They used a private Danish company's lawful right […]
- ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on October 6, 2026 at 5:22 am
A new type of ClickFix attack is using compromised websites to trick users into executing a malicious payload cached in a web browser's cache. "Instead of downloading and executing remote payloads like the typical attack pattern, in this attack, the websites pre-fetch a script payload into the […]
WordPress News
- 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 […]
- WordPress Signs the Open Weights and American AI...by Mary Hubbard on August 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm
We’re proud to announce that WordPress has signed Open Weights and American AI Leadership, an open letter asking US policymakers to not place early restrictions on open weight AI models. These are artificial intelligence models that anyone can download, inspect, modify, and run on their own […]
- AI Creates Opportunity While Artists Ship at...by Nicholas Garofalo on August 20, 2026 at 5:51 am
WordCamp US (WCUS) 2026 just wrapped up after 4 days at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Over 1,100 people from around the world registered to attend, and thousands more watched online through livestreams. Contributor Day and Showcase Day opened the week before two main […]
- WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou”by annezazu on August 19, 2026 at 11:33 pm
WordPress 7.1, “Mary Lou,” is here—celebrating the pioneering jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams and her spirit of reinvention and collaboration. This release brings a more flexible, responsive, and collaborative WordPress experience, with new responsive styling controls, […]
- Introducing the WordPress Browser Extensionby Jake Goldman on August 13, 2026 at 4:29 pm
The official WordPress Browser Extension is now available for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers in the Chrome Web Store and for Safari on macOS in the Mac App Store. This new open source extension lets logged-in site users easily hide the admin bar while keeping its most helpful shortcuts […]
- WordPress 7.0.4 Releaseby John Blackbourn on August 12, 2026 at 2:45 pm
WordPress 7.0.4 is now available WordPress 7.0.4 is now available which features a security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can update to WordPress 7.0.4 by downloading it from WordPress.org, or visiting your site’s Dashboard […]
















