Security news weekly round-up - 17th April 2026

Vulnerability and malware are the topics that dominate our review for this week. It's not good news that we will mostly talk about two topics. Mind you, these two, in the wrong hands, can wreak havoc on users around the world. Do you remember WannaCry? Let's begin our review. Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites You might think: I don't use WordPress, why should I care? Well, you should care because you never know where you'll find yourself in t