In Other News: Ransomware Developer Sentenced, Plugin4Shell AI Attack, Critical SAP Flaw

SecurityWeek - Sep 18, 2026

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Mandiant's 2026 AI risk report, PhantomRaven malware used by bug bounty hunter, WordPress plugin bug exploited. The post In Other News: Ransomware Developer Sentenced, Plugin4Shell AI Attack, Critical SAP Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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