Weekly Cyber Security News 19/11/2021

A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. For a daily selection see our twitter feed at #ionCube24. WordPress is wonderful – it has transformed web site development for those without a good developer and a budget. However plugins continue to remain a problem and rather than actually going through with a serious attack, a spate of faked attacks via flaky plugins are on the rise once again:

• WordPress sites are being hacked in fake ransomware attacks

A curious legal case…

• Surveillance firm pays $1 million fine after “spy van” scandal

Yet another hit against one of the most persistent issues which may never leave us:

• When the world ends, all that will be left are cockroaches and new Rowhammer attacks: RAM defenses broken again