WordPress plugins are continuing to increase the usefulness of more than 40% of the web, but they are also increasing the attack surface for bad actors. In 2025, we will witness several high-severity vulnerabilities in common plugins such as AI Engine, Forminator, and WP Meta SEO, collectively affecting hundreds of…
What is SSL/TLS? Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and its successor, Transport Layer Security (TLS), are cryptographic protocols for secure communication on a computer network. SSL/TLS are used on the internet to encrypt the data exchanged between a user’s browser and the web server, enabling sensitive data to remain secure and…
Ever wondered why your perfectly crafted emails vanish into the spam folder? You spent hours writing the perfect email. The subject line pops. The content is clean, persuasive, and even optimized for mobile. But somehow, the open rates are awful. And worse? Your email never even reached the inbox. That’s…
What is PKI? Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a security framework that enables secure digital communication, identity authentication, data integrity, and trust across networks. PKI is anchored in a pair of cryptographic keys, public and private, that encrypt and decrypt information, authenticate users and devices, and digitally sign communications or…
What Happened? A new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server, known as ToolShell, is being actively exploited. The flaw, CVE-2025-53770, is classified as critical and has already been exploited in monkey patches across federal agencies in the U.S., as well as in governments in Europe and the enterprise energy and…
Today, people’s lives are heavily surrounded by the internet and various technological applications, which makes protection more crucial than ever. When using a website or even browsing the internet, we should have the guarantee that the website is safe to use and our information is secure. This is why SSL…
Have you ever wondered how websites, emails, and digital transactions remain secure? Every time you log in to an online banking platform, sign an important document electronically, or visit a secure website (HTTPS), you’re relying on a system called Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). But wait, then what is Public Key…
You open a regular-looking email. Nothing suspicious, no attachments, no links, no typos. You click “Summarise this email” using Google Gemini for Workspace. And bam! A fake security warning pops up in the summary, telling you your Gmail password is compromised and urging you to call a support number. Except……
If you’re using PHP in your applications, it’s time to stop what you’re doing and check your version. Recently, security researchers disclosed two serious vulnerabilities in PHP that could allow attackers to perform SQL injection (SQLi) and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. These issues affect widely used components, PostgreSQL and SOAP extensions,…
“One day. One certificate. Every single day.” Sounds like a security stunt, right? Nope. It’s Instagram’s new normal, and it’s about to rewrite how big tech thinks about trust on the web. Wait… did Instagram just change the rules of web security? Yes. While the rest of the internet is…
CVE-2025-49826 is a serious vulnerability in Next.js, a widely used web framework based on the React platform. This vulnerability enables attackers to poison the cache and redirect users to blank pages. This results in a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. This vulnerability affects Next.js versions 15.1.0 to 15.1.7. The cache poisoning occurs when…
Introduction Ransom Denial of Service (RDoS) attacks which is a relatively new form of assault in the cyber security continuum are fast becoming a worry to organisations globally. These are hybrid attacks that incorporate the DDoS attack on targets’ resources with ransomware threats, making them a serious threat to various…
The most prevalent Java servlet container, Apache Tomcat, is present in most enterprise and cloud-based web applications. Because of its agile, open-source framework, Apache Tomcat is prevalent in many fields of technology. However, widespread adoption also carries widespread risk. In June 2025, the Apache Software Foundation reported 4 critical vulnerabilities…
Imagine downloading 10,000 HD movies in under a minute. That’s exactly what happened to one hosting provider’s server, only it wasn’t a movie night. It was the largest cyberattack ever recorded. In mid-May 2025, Cloudflare stopped a 7.3 terabits-per-second (Tbps) DDoS attack dead in its tracks. To put that in…
Introduction Possibly one of the most important things that have not changed at all is that, regardless of the constant growth of new technologies and new payment solutions, the issue of security remains extremely important. The standard with which organizations have been comparing their payment card data security programs for…
