SecurityWeek
US cybersecurity news site published by Wired Business Media
SecurityWeek is an online publication covering information and enterprise security. Wired Business Media, a B2B publisher, announced its preview launch from Boston on 24 March 2010 as the company's first title, with Michael (Mike) Lennon as publisher. The site still identifies itself as a Wired Business Media publication.Sources:1SecurityWeek: Wired Business Media Launches SecurityWeek, New Information and Enterprise Security Publication, SecurityWeek, 24 March 2010 (source, opens in a new tab)2Business Wire: SecurityWeek Names Ryan Naraine as Editor at Large, Business Wire, 12 January 2021 (source, opens in a new tab)
Who it favours
We have not analysed SecurityWeek's coverage yet. When we do, this shows which side its articles favoured, story by story.
Who controls it
Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.
No government, party or politician is documented as its owner, main funder or director.
Owners, funders and directors
- OwnerWired Business MediaPublisher; the site footer reads "a Wired Business Media Publication"; Mike Lennon is managing director Sources:1SecurityWeek: Wired Business Media Launches SecurityWeek, New Information and Enterprise Security Publication, SecurityWeek, 24 March 2010 (source, opens in a new tab)2Business Wire: SecurityWeek Names Ryan Naraine as Editor at Large, Business Wire, 12 January 2021 (source, opens in a new tab)3SecurityWeek: SecurityWeek (site footer), SecurityWeek (source, opens in a new tab)
As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.
How we use it
2 stories cite SecurityWeek directly.
October 2026
- Botnets join PHP2Shell attacks, but no successful break-in confirmed as most PHP stays unpatchedMirai-style botnets tried to exploit the PHP2Shell flaws, yet security firms found no confirmed compromise, while Qualys data showed most PHP installations still exposed.
- AI-found PHP2Shell flaws push governments and companies to take websites offlineTwo critical PHP flaws found with AI help led governments, banks and Wikipedia to pull sites offline while attackers began probing unpatched servers.
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