WordPress.org is temporarily not accepting new plugins and account registrations

WordPress.org is temporarily not accepting new plugins, new plugin reviews, new themes, new photos and new account registrations, Matt Mullenweg, the owner of WordPress.org, has announced. Mullenweg and WordPress host Automattic are involved in a legal battle with WP Engine, which also offers WordPress hosting. Customers can start their own WordPress site via the WP

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Man gets twenty years in prison in US for attacks with NetWalker ransomware

A thirty-year-old Romanian man has been sentenced to twenty years in prison in the United States for carrying out attacks with the NetWalker ransomware. He must also relinquish more than $21 million and his interests in an Indonesian company and associated luxury resort being built in Bali, as well as pay $15 million in damages.

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Healthcare giant US leaked data of 5.6 million people in ransomware attack

The data of 5.6 million people was stolen in the ransomware attack on the American healthcare giant Ascension Health, the organization informed the attorney general of the US state of Maine. This makes it one of the largest data breaches in American healthcare in the past two years. Ascension operates one hundred and forty hospitals

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Apple advises spyware victims to seek help from nonprofit Access Now

Apple has been warning iPhone owners for some time now if they are suspected of being the target of a ‘mercenary’ spyware attack, advising them to contact the non-profit organization Access Now’s helpline. Anyone who receives a message from Apple can reach the Access Now helpline 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Apple

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Juniper: Customer routers infected with malware via default passwords

Several Juniper customers have had to deal with compromised routers because the devices were still using standard passwords, the network company said. Last Wednesday, several customers reported suspicious behavior on their Session Smart Routers (SSR). The devices were found to be infected with a variant of the Mirai malware and were used to carry out

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Judge holds NSO liable for spyware attack on WhatsApp users

An American judge has ruled that NSO Group is responsible for the spyware attack on fourteen hundred WhatsApp users in 2019. WhatsApp director Will Cathcart calls the ruling a ‘major victory’ for privacy. Citizen Lab security researcher and spyware expert John Scott-Railton calls it a big win for spyware victims and a big loss for

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