New wp2shell WordPress Core Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code
An anonymous HTTP request can run code on a WordPress site. The bug is in core, so a bare install with zero plugins is exploitable. Every 6.9 and 7.0 site…
RFK Jr. May Have Violated The Hatch Act In Encouraging Iowa Congressional Candidates To Drop Out
I don’t think it’s terribly controversial to say that this second Trump administration has never shown much concern for the Hatch Act. If you’re not familiar with that particular law,…
Ken Paxton Vowed To Crack Down On “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
This article first appeared on The Texas Tribune. Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Putting Some Meat On The Bans
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…
JK Rowling Threatens To Sue Amnesty International Into Oblivion For Expressing An Opinion About A Charity She Funds
JK Rowling has spoken about how she wrote the first Harry Potter book while she was employed at Amnesty International and how much that experience influenced her writing, and how…
Daily Deal: 6-in-1 Magstand Mini Magnetic Charge Station + Bedside Lamp
Simplify your daily charging experience and replace most of the chargers and cables on your desktop, with this one mini station that does it all. The 6-in-1 Magstand Mini Magnetic…
The Documents Trump Declassified To Blame China For The 2020 Election… Actually Show Russia Was The One Meddling For Him
You might have heard that Donald Trump gave a weird, rambling, nonsense speech last night full of misinformation and lies, trying to spread distrust in our electoral process ahead of…
Trump Just Made It Easier For Your ISP To Rip You Off With Bogus Fees
Here’s a short crash course in U.S. telecom policy. Giant and very unpopular companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Charter created regional monopolies that work tirelessly to erode all meaningful…
The Good & The Bad In Erica Schwartz’s Confirmation Hearings To Lead CDC
There’s a lot of health news going on in the country right now, in no small part to the absolutely pitiful and pathetic job RFK Jr. is doing heading up…
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount As The Company Needed Approval For Billion-Dollar Deals
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center’s opera house in December were there…