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Active Exploitation Attempts Target WSO2 API Manager JWT Bypass With Forged Admin Tokens

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

A critical security flaw in WSO2 API Manager has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from watchTowr. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5430 (CVSS score: 9.8/10.0), is…

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Attackers Exploit WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture Flaw to Plant PHP Web Shells

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Threat actors are exploiting a critical security flaw in WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture, a premium WordPress plugin that has more than 6,000 active installs. “This vulnerability can be leveraged by…

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How chimps teach their kids tool tricks

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Chimpanzees are known to use rudimentary tools when foraging for food. According to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, this learned behavior is passed down from adults…

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RFK Jr. To Give Keynote At Conference For Anti-Vaxxer Organization He Co-Founded

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Whatever mask RFK Jr. was attempting to wear to convince the world he isn’t a pure anti-vaxxer clown is now officially off. The man who has spent his time as…

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“Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Some of the most widely used private torrent trackers for pirating movies suspect that a banned user may have posed as a filmmaker protecting copyrights in a failed attempt to…

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The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is gliding toward its distant observation post on a pinpoint trajectory so precise that engineers estimate the spacecraft’s fuel load will last twice as…

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The High Crime Of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Flock Mass Surveillance As A Joke

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Here’s a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras, on May 7, 2025? If your answer…

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Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Agility Robotics has debuted its first humanoid robot engineered to work safely near humans without risking harm to flesh-and-blood coworkers. Such safety features could unlock many more opportunities to use…

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SpaceX declares Starship ready for orbit, sets launch date next week

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Pending regulatory approval, SpaceX said today it intends to launch its 14th Starship mission as early as September 22. This flight is notable, as it will be the first time…

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18-year-old dies of measles in PA from severe neurological complication

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

A fourth person in Pennsylvania has died of measles, the state health department confirmed Tuesday. The latest death was in an unvaccinated 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County. In the announcement,…

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