InfoSec News Nuggets 04/13/2026

  Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers   Unknown threat actors gained unauthorized access to Nextend's update infrastructure for the Smart Slider 3 Pro WordPress plugin and distributed a fully attacker-authored build through the official update channel, with any site that updated between its release on April 7, 2026, and detection approximately six hours later receiving a fully weaponized remote access toolkit. The malicious update deployed a sophisticated multi-layered persistence toolkit capable of creating…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 04/07/2023

The Pope's Security Gets a Boost With Vatican's MDM Move  The world's smallest and most antiquated army is taking a step towards modernizing its cyber defenses. Just ahead of the pre-Easter Holy Week for Catholics, Samsung announced that the Pontifical Swiss Guard (GSP) — the elite security force charged with protecting the Vatican and the Pope — is adopting the Knox Suite, a bundle of services for managing and securing mobile devices.    Adobe Reset User Passwords as…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 10/28/2019

1 - Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism Facebook’s news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here: The company is rolling out Facebook News in a limited test in the U.S. as a home screen tab and bookmark in the main Facebook app. In a blog post, Facebook’s Campbell Brown (vice president of global news partnerships) and Mona Sarantakos (product manager, news) said that news articles will continue to appear in the main…
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