Ravie LakshmananApr 10, 2026Malware / Website Security Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla to push a poisoned version containing a backdoor. The incident impacts Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for WordPress, per WordPress security company Patchstack. Smart Slider 3 is a popular WordPress slider plugin with more than 800,000 active installations across its free and Pro editions. “An unauthorized party gained access to Nextend’s update infrastructure and distributed a fully attacker-authored build through the official update channel,” the company said. “Any site that updated to 3.5.1.35 between its release on April 7, 2026,…
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Anthropic said this week that the AI startup’s annual revenue run rate has now crossed $30 billion, up from about $9 billion the previous year. “We are making our most significant compute commitment to date to keep pace with our unprecedented growth,” said Krishna Rao, CFO of Anthropic, in a blog post. “This groundbreaking partnership with Google and Broadcom is a continuation of our disciplined approach to scaling infrastructure: We are building the capacity necessary to serve the exponential growth we have seen in our customer base while also enabling Claude to define the frontier of AI development.” While this…
Cookie theft follows a well-established pattern. Infostealer malware infiltrates a device, extracts authentication cookies, and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. Because cookies often have extended lifetimes, attackers can access accounts without passwords, then bundle and sell the stolen credentials. Once malware gains access to a machine, it can read the local files and memory where browsers store authentication cookies. What DBSC does Google’s Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) is now entering public availability for Windows users in Chrome 146, with macOS support coming in a subsequent release. The protocol cryptographically binds authentication sessions to a specific device using hardware-backed…
Google is removing complexity from one of its most important measurement tools. By merging enhanced conversions for web and leads—and allowing multiple data inputs at once—advertisers get more accurate tracking with less setup friction. What’s happening. Google Ads is consolidating its enhanced conversions features into a unified system with a single on/off toggle. At the same time, it’s eliminating the need to choose a single implementation method. Advertisers will be able to send user-provided data through multiple channels simultaneously—including website tags, Data Manager, and API integrations. The current split between “enhanced conversions for web” and “enhanced conversions for leads” will…
OpenAI has rolled out a new Pro subscription that costs $100 and is in line with Claude’s pricing, which also has a $100 subscription, in addition to the $200 Max monthly plan. Until now, OpenAI has offered three subscription tiers. First is Go, which costs approx $8, second is Plus for $20, and then the final tier is at $200, a jump of $180. On the other hand, Anthropic does not offer an $8 subscription, but it has a $100 subscription that comes between the cheapest $20 and the expensive $200 subscription, and it works for the company because it…
What Is Website Traffic Analysis?A website traffic analysis is a way of measuring and evaluating the number of and behavior of visitors to your site.This can involve tracking metrics like views, bounce rates, traffic sources, and more.And website traffic analysis tools are how you gain that information. To help you gain insights you can use to optimize your site’s performance and improve the user experience (UX).Why Is Website Traffic Analysis Important?Performing a website traffic analysis lets you: Identify which marketing campaigns are working by seeing which channels drive the most traffic Identify low-engagement pages that need to be improved Find…
The US government warned this week that Iran-linked hackers have targeted critical infrastructure organizations, hacking industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT). According to an advisory written by CISA, the FBI, and several other agencies, hackers have targeted programmable logic controllers (PLCs) made by Rockwell Automation, but devices from other vendors are also at risk. Both Rockwell and Siemens have published advisories to alert customers. The attacks caused operational disruption and financial loss through tampering with vulnerable human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. The threat actors targeted internet-exposed PLCs and abused legitimate programming…
Summary Teams adds pre-join mic and speaker test so you can hear and fix audio before joining meetings. The rollout is slated for May 2026 as stated on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. It will let you record and play back a short clip to confirm your audio quality before you speak. It’s every social anxiety-ridden remote worker’s nightmare; you attend a town hall meeting, unmute your mic when it’s your turn to speak, and begin your well-planned-out speech. Suddenly, the chat fills up with messages about your mic being too quiet, or too loud, or perhaps it sounds like you’re…
PRESS RELEASEOrange Business is announcing a major transformation of enterprise communications, powered by trust and AI, to address the growing challenges businesses face as digital interactions increase.As digital engagement grows exponentially, businesses face mounting issues: lacking trust in phone calls, rising impersonation fraud, over-burdened customer support teams with long waiting times, and proliferating AI-generated content. Orange Business is tackling these concerns strategically by expanding its enterprise communications capabilities to build trust, enhance productivity, and ensure authenticity across voice and digital channels.Reinventing voice as the most efficient medium for employee and customer experience.Voice is still the preferred channel of both agents…