WordPress Issues Patch for Critical Flaw That Can Enable Code Execution on Some Servers
WordPress has fixed a critical flaw in its core software that lets an attacker with no account make a site load a PHP file from outside its theme folders. On…
Check Point Warns of Management Server Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Attackers exploited a previously unknown flaw in Check Point’s Security Management Server in a handful of targeted attacks on July 23, the company said. The flaw, CVE-2026-93616, allows an attacker…
Elon Said Fighting CSAM Was “Priority #1.” A NY Times Reporter With A Script Found 75 Known Images.
When Elon first took over Twitter with grand plans to “bring back free speech,” I tried to help him run through the standard content moderation learning curve that basically every…
Daily Deal: Soundfreaq Sound Spot II Bluetooth Speaker
The Soundfreaq Sound Spot II combines wireless audio performance, ambient lighting, and relaxing sound features in a compact design built for modern lifestyles. Featuring a Bamboo and White finish with…
Effort begins to fill the void left by terminated US climate report
Last year, the Trump administration did what it could to shut down work on the next US National Climate Assessment, eliminating funding for the US Global Change Research Program and…
IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
A “human error” in the IT department led to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) losing data from maternity records over an 11-year span. The data loss occurred on August…
Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won’t be replaced
Toyota workers are already helping to train humanoid robots as part of the automaker’s race to eventually deploy 400,000 factory robots—but a Toyota executive said the robotic push is not…
Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed
I was on the fence about going to see the latest Resident Evil reboot to review, given how uninspired the prior reboot attempt in 2021 turned out to be. But…
Researcher Drops BigDiskBuster Zero-Day PoC That Blocks Microsoft Defender Updates
A zero-day proof-of-concept tool that stops Microsoft Defender from installing platform and signature updates by filling all available disk space was published on GitHub on September 19. The tool, called…
Critical Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands Without Credentials
A critical vulnerability in Bifrost, an open-source AI gateway that routes requests to more than 20 LLM providers, allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary commands on the gateway server…