Spam accounts overwhelmed my database. Claude found the weaknesses, Codex wrote the fixes, and I deployed a new defense.

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Multiple WordPress plugins from ShapedPlugin were compromised in a supply chain attack after unknown threat actors managed to tamper with the official release channels and push backdoor code.

Threat actors are exploiting a medium-severity vulnerability in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin to steal complete system details, Defiant warns. Gravity SMTP for WordPress is an email deliverability ...

A security flaw in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin has drawn more than 17 million automated exploit attempts since early May 2026 — and every site that ran an unpatched version while those attacks ...

I am studying with the goal of having a side hustle in web production and SEO. I recently attended a security seminar hosted by GMO. I participated thinking it would be difficult, but even for a ...

Thousands of WordPress sites running the Kali Forms plugin are exposed to attackers who can execute arbitrary code on web servers without ever logging in. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-3584, carries a ...

Released this Wednesday (20 th), WordPress 7.0’s headline feature was supposed to be real-time collaboration. But in the final stretch, after beta versions, Matt Mullenweg, the project’s leader, ...

After weeks of delay, WordPress 7.0, named Armstrong, is finally released. The centerpiece feature was supposed to be real-time collaboration (RTC) but what is shipping is bigger: Native AI ...

Two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in the Avada Builder WordPress plugin have placed around one million sites at risk of arbitrary file read and SQL injection attacks. According to analysis from ...

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