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Weekly Cyber Security News 05/02/2026

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! On first glance, a eye watering headline. However it comes down to them leaving credentials in an S3 bucket… It would have happened anyway.

The New ionCube Forum - A place for ionCube users to help eachother out and discuss all things ionCube

Change is coming Some people don’t like change. Change is inevitable. And sometimes, change can be a good thing too. A while back we took our old phpBB2 forum offline (Find out why – here). As expected, that decision prompted a range of reactions and some understandable concerns from members of the community. The reasons behind that choice, including why we knew it would not work for everyone, are set out in the original post and remain unchanged.

Migrating the ionCube Blog: Infrastructure, Automation, and a Fresh Start

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.

ionCube Encoding vs Open Source Debate: Why smart developers protect their code but don't lock everything down.

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.