Security roundup: PHP2Shell: Two Unpatched Critical PHP RCE Flaws (CVSS 9.2) Trigger Emergency Security Alert

PHP2Shell: Two Unpatched Critical PHP RCE Flaws (CVSS 9.2) Trigger Emergency Security Alert

This story is developing and was written before PHP's scheduled 14:00 UTC release on October 21. Once the release is out, the affected and fixed versions below are confirmed by the official advisory.

Attackers Abuse UpdraftCentral Keys to Plant Backdoors on WordPress Sites

Unknown threat actors breached TeamUpdraft's website and potentially gained unauthorized access to customers' connection keys for UpdraftCentral, UpdraftVault, and UpdraftClone, using them to backdoor WordPress sites.

Ex-OpenAI Engineer Detained After Planting Secret Recorder at HQ

The perp, who has Saudi ties, was arrested for allegedly bugging an OpenAI conference room, highlighting a preventable insider threat vector.

U.S. Orders DeepSeek Removed From Federal Civilian Systems, Bans New Purchases

U.S. federal civilian agencies must remove DeepSeek products from their information technology systems, along with any third-party products or services "developed using DeepSeek implementations," under a Department of Homeland Security…

Mozilla, Google, Apple block compromised eMudhra CA certificates

Certificate authority eMudhra revoked eight compromised intermediate certificates after researchers found their private keys were so weak that anyone could recover them almost instantly and use them to forge trusted certificates for…

FBI says SafePay ransomware gang ‘among most active’ with more than 600 victims since 2024

The FBI and cyber agencies in the UK and Germany said SafePay is targeting businesses and critical infrastructure by guessing passwords, exploiting vulnerabilities and using phishing attacks.

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