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
- Four Arrested in £440M Cyber Attack on Marks &...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2025 at 12:13 pm
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday announced that four people have been arrested in connection with cyber attacks targeting major retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. The arrested individuals include two men aged 19, a third aged 17, and a 20-year-old woman. They were […]
- What Security Leaders Need to Know About AI...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2025 at 11:00 am
Generative AI is not arriving with a bang, it’s slowly creeping into the software that companies already use on a daily basis. Whether it is video conferencing or CRM, vendors are scrambling to integrate AI copilots and assistants into their SaaS applications. Slack can now provide AI summaries […]
- New ZuRu Malware Variant Targeting Developers via...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2025 at 10:59 am
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered new artifacts associated with an Apple macOS malware called ZuRu, which is known to propagate via trojanized versions of legitimate software. SentinelOne, in a new report shared with The Hacker News, said the malware has been observed masquerading as the […]
- AMD Warns of New Transient Scheduler Attacks...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2025 at 10:44 am
Semiconductor company AMD is warning of a new set of vulnerabilities affecting a broad range of chipsets that could lead to information disclosure. The flaws, collectively called Transient Scheduler Attacks (TSA), manifest in the form of a speculative side channel in its CPUs that leverage […]
- ServiceNow Flaw CVE-2025-3648 Could Lead to Data...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 10, 2025 at 7:24 am
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in ServiceNow's platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in data exposure and exfiltration. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3648 (CVSS score: 8.2), has been described as a case of data inference in Now Platform through […]
- Gold Melody IAB Exploits Exposed ASP.NET Machine...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 9, 2025 at 4:26 pm
The Initial Access Broker (IAB) known as Gold Melody has been attributed to a campaign that exploits leaked ASP.NET machine keys to obtain unauthorized access to organizations and peddle that access to other threat actors. The activity is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 under the […]
- DoNot APT Expands Operations, Targets European...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 9, 2025 at 1:28 pm
A threat actor with suspected ties to India has been observed targeting a European foreign affairs ministry with malware capable of harvesting sensitive data from compromised hosts. The activity has been attributed by Trellix Advanced Research Center to an advanced persistent threat (APT) group […]
- U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 9, 2025 at 11:25 am
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology (IT) worker scheme. The Treasury said Song Kum Hyok, a 38-year-old North Korean […]
- How To Automate Ticket Creation, Device...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 9, 2025 at 11:00 am
Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over 1,000 pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community - all free to import and deploy through the platform’s Community Edition. A recent standout is a workflow that […]
- Chinese Hacker Xu Zewei Arrested for Ties to Silk...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 9, 2025 at 8:40 am
A Chinese national has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for his alleged links to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon and for carrying out cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies. The 33-year-old, Xu Zewei, has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud […]
WordPress News
- WordCamp US 2025: See You in Portland, Oregon!by Brett McSherry on June 27, 2025 at 6:14 pm
WordCamp US 2025 is heading to vibrant Portland, Oregon, from August 26–29, 2025! Join fellow open source enthusiasts, developers, designers, and WordPress professionals from across the United States and around the world for four days of learning, networking, and collaboration at the Oregon […]
- 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.