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Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
Natalia Nowak · 29 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
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An Unauthenticated Path to Code Execution in WordPress Core, Already Being Exploited
by Łukasz Nowak · 18 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
A flaw in the heart of WordPress lets a complete stranger seize a site without ever logging in, and the attacks began the day it was disclosed. Millions of sites run the vulnerable code, and the only real protection is an update most owners assume already happened.
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Januscape and Bad Epoll: Two Linux Flaws That Let One Customer Take Over the Whole Server
by Łukasz Nowak · 11 Jul 2026 · 9 min read
Januscape (CVE-2026-53359) lets a guest VM escape to the host and take over co-tenants; Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets any unprivileged user reach root with a near-perfect exploit. Both are patched upstream and in AlmaLinux, and for both the only fix is a new kernel and a reboot.
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An Attacker Sent a Ransom Email From Blesta’s Own Servers
by Łukasz Nowak · 26 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
An extortion email demanding Blesta pay up passed SPF, DKIM and DMARC from Blesta's own servers, pointing to a real compromise. Blesta has not confirmed one.
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Vercel Confirmed Unauthorized Access to Its Internal Systems. A Threat Actor Is Offering the Stolen Data for $2 Million.
by Łukasz Nowak · 19 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Vercel confirmed unauthorized access to its internal systems on April 19, 2026, while a threat actor claiming affiliation with ShinyHunters posted on BreachForums offering to sell the alleged dataset including GitHub tokens, NPM tokens, API keys, and source code for $2 million.
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