A pioneering founder is stepping down as CEO of his Bay Area company ahead of a major test

Dr. David Chang, a pioneering cell therapy entrepreneur, will step down as president and CEO of Allogene Therapeutics Inc. at ...
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A WordPress plugin sold to 15,000 sites has a flaw that lets anyone create an admin account, and attackers are already using it

CVE-2026-8732 in WP Maps Pro lets unauthenticated attackers create admin accounts on 15,000+ WordPress sites. Wordfence blocked 2,858 attacks in 24 hours.

NEOK Bio, a Bay Area spinout of Korean company, puts its cancer theory to the test

NEOK Bio came out of stealth in spring 2025 with $75 million in funding from Korean parent ABL Bio. Peninsula company to take ...

Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity

The method, known as FROST – short for "fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing" – focuses on how different processes compete for storage access. That competition ...

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

Now sites have a new way to spy on their visitors: measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique ...