October 2026

WordPress RCE Flaw Draws Nearly 63,000 Attack Attempts in Just 24 Hours 2026-10-30 at 19:26 By Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a high-severity security flaw in WordPress Core shortly after patches were released. The vulnerability, which does not have a CVE identifier, relates to a case of remote code execution impacting WordPress […]

Train for the Gray Zone: Security Awareness Needs a Simulator 2026-10-30 at 19:00 By Policies tell employees what the rules are. Scenarios and near misses teach them what the rules are for. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

Ex-Google engineer quits saving for retirement over chilling AI apocalypse prediction 2026-10-30 at 18:42 By Titus Wu A former Google AI safety expert is so confident artificial intelligence will destroy humanity. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Meta settles with teen over claims social media caused depression, eating disorders 2026-10-30 at 18:34 By Reuters The settlement came after jury selection began on Wednesday. Meta had settled with another teen plaintiff days before the trial. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

6 Cyber Experts Share Their Greatest Security Scares 2026-10-30 at 16:00 By “The instincts I built 25 years ago no longer apply,” says Randolph Barr, Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security. Six cybersecurity experts share what scares them most about the current landscape.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS […]

Why Urgent Security Fixes Aren't Fixed. Observe, Prove, Act, Confirm Gets Them Moving 2026-10-30 at 15:42 By The alert is critical. The fix is known. And the ticket sits in a queue for days. Security teams understand the risk, but the people who keep applications available need proof that the change won’t break anything.  Their […]

Syrian Hacker Behind Fake Tweet That Triggered $136 Billion Market Drop Gets 42 Months in Prison 2026-10-30 at 15:42 By Ahmad Umar Agha, a Syrian Electronic Army hacker known online as “Th3Pr0,” has been sentenced by a U.S. federal court to 42 months in prison for his role in a hacking conspiracy that targeted Western news outlets. […]