WordPress Core "wp2shell" RCE flaws get public exploits, patch now

After a four-day security suspension, Progress has restored access to its ShareFile Storage Zones Controller. ShareFile is Progress’ flagship enterprise file-sharing service and Storage Zones Controller provides ShareFile customers with private data storage. Progress Software detected “a credible external security threat” on July 10 that prompted the company to temporarily suspend the service. The service…

When the EU General Data Protection Regulation replaced the EU Data Protection Directive in 2018, one of the main reasons for the change was the need to protect EU data subjects from the data processing taking place outside the EU, which the previous regime had no method of impacting. That was great, of course, but…

This month, we celebrate 36 years of EFF and a mission that is bigger than any one of us. Thanks to EFF, communities around the world are demanding that technology protects their freedom, advances justice, and opens doors to opportunity. That’s not a small thing—it’s a life’s work worth continuing. If you are committed to…

One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperability—that is making a new product or service work with an existing product or service. Interoperability allows users, and not the manufacturers of their devices or largest player in a market, to decide what application best serves them. Unsurprisingly, companies like Apple have worked hard to resist…

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced the state is joining 42 other attorneys general in a settlement against genetic testing company 23andMe. The settlement stems from a 2023 data breach that impacted 6.9 million people. Officials said the breach resulted in sensitive genetic data being taken and sold on the…

There’s a new boogeyman in the battles over AI: so-called “stealth crawlers.” We’ll admit it—the term “stealth crawlers” sounds quite nefarious. In reality, they’re anything but. “Stealth crawlers” are simply automated tools to access and collect public web data—without disclosing the user’s identity. Private crawlers like these facilitate all kinds of important work that benefits…