WordPress XSS2Shell Flaw Turns Simple Login Bug Into Full Server Takeover Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2026 WordPress XSS2Shell flaw enables admin takeover and remote code execution. Users should update to patched versions. Researchers at Pwn just published a report on a vulnerability chain they’re calling XSS2Shell, and the entry point is quite simple: type a...Read More
A spate of rogue attacks by three makers of sophisticated AI models is thrusting cybersecurity into the center of how companies manage tech across operations. Meta Platforms Inc. said Wednesday one of its recently released models breached the systems of a third-party service during a test. The disclosure came close on the heels of OpenAI...Read More
A US state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and restrict some Facebook and Instagram features for children, in what is being described as the largest child-safety ruling against the company. The court found that Meta had created a “public nuisance” that endangered young users. The ruling comes as dozens of other US...Read More
Pollution does not stay inside the factory that makes it. That was the comparison Judge Bryan Biedscheid used on Thursday when he ordered Meta Platforms to pay New Mexico $567 million and found that the damage its platforms do to children spills out onto families, schools, hospitals and law enforcement. The ruling follows a $375...Read More
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money — $420 million — will be used...Read More
The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said an online undercover operation has led to the arrest of a 29-year-old Seattle man who believed he was arranging to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex. The suspect had been chatting online with a detective who was in training to conduct these kinds of investigations, according to KCSO...Read More
COWETA, Okla. – The City of Coweta is working to recover from a system-wide ransomware attack that has taken most city computer systems offline. City officials say residents’ credit card and other payment data are not kept on City servers and were not accessed in this attack. The city said it immediately contacted its contracted...Read More
Updated Aug. 7, 2026, 12:23 p.m. ET The official trailer for “Primetime” hints that the upcoming movie, inspired by “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, is going to be an extremely tense trip through a ratings-seeking journalist’s psyche. Robert Pattinson exudes maximum intensity as the former NBC News journalist, whose controversial series for “Dateline...Read More
Hackers obtained access to the email inbox of a military device manufacturer, according to documents filed with regulators on Thursday. IEH Corporation — which produces specialized products used in military satellites, missiles and fighter jets — said it discovered a cyberattack on Tuesday and immediately tried to contain it. The company told investors that an...Read More
“The order is intended to preserve identified stolen digital assets while the litigation continues, representing an important step in Bybit’s ongoing efforts to recover funds, support international law enforcement investigations, and reinforce accountability for large-scale cybercrime,” Bybit said in the release. “Our focus has never changed: protect our users first, recover what we can, and...Read More
