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Following the largest-ever Google Chrome security fix, a new update is now available, and one vulnerability stands out: a ...

CVE-2026-8732 in WP Maps Pro lets unauthenticated attackers create admin accounts on 15,000+ WordPress sites. Wordfence blocked 2,858 attacks in 24 hours.

Hackers are targeting WordPress websites running a vulnerable version of the WP Maps Pro plugin, which allows creating rogue ...

An attacker bought 30+ WordPress plugins (Essential Plugin portfolio) on Flippa for six figures, planted a PHP deserialization backdoor in August 2025, then activated it eight months later to serve ...

Google speeds up Chrome’s release cycle to biweekly updates, a move affecting 3 billion users as AI-powered browsers like Atlas and Comet emerge. Google has announced that it will speed up Chrome’s ...

‘EtherHiding’: Nation-state and cybercriminal groups are leveraging smart contracts as command-and-control servers for deliveing malicious payloads hidden on blockchains. Nation-state threat actors ...

A financially motivated threat actor codenamed UNC5142 has been observed abusing blockchain smart contracts as a way to facilitate the distribution of information stealers, such as Atomic (AMOS), ...

Audit strings in a project. wp i18n audit <source> [--slug=<slug>] [--domain=<domain>] [--ignore-domain] [--include=<paths>] [--exclude=<paths>] [--skip-js] [--skip ...

What looks like a simple "Are you human?" check is now one of the most dangerous tricks on the internet. Fake captchas have evolved into full-blown malware launchpads, thanks to a sneaky new method ...