Four million WordPress installations at risk due to vulnerability in Really Simple Security plugin

Cuatro millones de instalaciones de WordPress en riesgo por una vulnerabilidad del plugin Really Simple Security

At least 4,000,000 pages made with WordPress using the free or paid version of Really Simple Security(formerly Really Simple SSL) were affected by a critical authentication bypass vulnerability. All the details are in this article by István Márton on the Wordfence blog. The vulnerability, already fully fixed in version 9.1.2 of the plugin,

Global computer crash

Caída informática global

Global computer crash. Cartoon of 21/07/2024 in CTXT TR: "Didn't you keep a backup copy?" Although everything was recovering and the global Windows crash stopped being talked about in catastrophic terms thanks to a rogue update of the Falcon anti-virus from the security company CrowdStrike, the associated problems continued for several days afterwards,

Legal advisory network for cartoonists

Legal advisory network for cartoonists

Cartoon Rights International Network (CRNI) is the first human rights organisation in the world devoted entirely to defending cartoonists' freedom of expression for the past two decades. They are now expanding their resources with a cartoonists' legal advice network to provide reliable and rapid guidance and legal advice to cartoonists anywhere in the

Facebook, the big strainer

Facebook, the big strainer

The personal data of 533 million Facebook users has been stolen and leaked on the internet. 11 million of these accounts belong to Spanish users. The theft affects accounts in 106 countries and includes account identifiers, mobile phone numbers, addresses, biographies and even email addresses. An attractive package of personal data that in

Mercadona, I've stayed with your face

Mercadona, I've stayed with your face

Many media have dismissed this almost as something to be applauded, Mercadona will use facial recognition to prevent theft in its supermarkets, they headline. The company says that this system works through the recognition of physical features and detects"only and exclusively the entry of people with a firm sentence and a precautionary measure