Managed WordPress Hosting: Who Benefits Most and What It Really Costs
A practical breakdown of what managed WordPress hosting delivers, the trade-offs to expect, and how to decide if it fits your site's stage of growth.
Security
StormEncryptor Ransomware: What Hosting Customers Need to Know About the N-central Attack Chain
A China-linked threat actor known as Storm-1175 has been observed deploying a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor, with researchers pointing to an N-central vulnerability as the likely intrusion vector.
Lazarus Group Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Deploy New Backdoor on Defense and Aerospace Targets
Researchers link the North Korean Lazarus Group to a freshly patched Windows zero-day used to drop a previously unseen backdoor on defense and aerospace companies in France, Germany, Brazil, and India.
Akira Ransomware Safe Mode Attack: Why It Failed and What It Teaches Defenders
An Akira ransomware affiliate tried to disable endpoint security by forcing a Safe Mode reboot, but the stripped-down environment starved the encryptor of memory. The incident still ended in data theft, and it highlights why MFA and boot-mode alerting matter.
Gunra Ransomware Targeting Fortinet and Schneider Electric Edge Devices
A joint South Korean and U.S. advisory warns that Gunra ransomware operators are chaining Fortinet and Schneider Electric vulnerabilities to breach critical infrastructure networks worldwide.
Linux Stable Kernel Patch for CVE-2026-68480: What Website Owners Should Do
A follow-up round of Linux stable kernel releases shipped a single bug fix for the speculative execution data leakage vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-68480, and website operators should plan their upgrades now.
Metabase Zero-Day Vulnerability: What Hosting Customers Should Know
A maximum-severity Metabase zero-day vulnerability is being exploited in the wild, letting unauthenticated attackers run arbitrary SQL queries and gain admin access on exposed instances.