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WordPress. We love it. We know not everyone feels the same way. There are obvious reasons, one of which is the regular news (though not as regular as it used to be) of a plugin containing a vulnerability. Needless to say, that kind of news sucks. You have to admit though that WordPress has come a long way to make such things less sucky with an impactful auto update process. Unfortunately, the only kind of update which is beyond WordPress’s sphere is the back end, i.e. the AMP stack.

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! Quite a brazen attempt I must say.

When it comes to distributing PHP applications, discussions often swing between two extremes: fully open-source everything or lock all your code behind encryption/encoding. Critics of encoding often argue that open source is superior because users can still inspect and customise code. But the truth is far more nuanced, and the most successful software vendors already know it.

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! I’m sure techs were hoping for a gradual wind down for the holiday season…

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! How are you going to REACT?