Bijay Pokharel
Bijay Pokharel is the founder and editor of Abijita, covering cybersecurity, malware, and digital privacy since 2017. His coverage of vulnerabilities and breaches has been cited and republished by other tech and security outlets, and he focuses on translating technical threats into clear, practical guidance for everyday readers.
Kiteworks Discovers Critical Security Flaw During Emergency Shutdown
Kiteworks discovered and fixed a previously unknown critical security vulnerability during an emergency shutdown prompted by intelligence about a potential cyberattack.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 30, 2026
1 min read
ChatGPT Reaches 1.2 Billion Weekly Users, OpenAI Says
ChatGPT has reached 1.2 billion weekly users, according to OpenAI, up from 1 billion weekly users in July 2026.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 30, 2026
1 min read
Vietnamese Man Charged Over $16 Million Crypto Pig Butchering Scam
A 37-year-old Vietnamese national has been charged in the United States for allegedly laundering cryptocurrency linked to a large-scale “pig butchering” scam that defrauded at least one victim of approximately $16 million.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
2 min read
Samsung Invests $1 Billion in AI Infrastructure Company Helix
Samsung Electronics and five other Samsung affiliates are investing a combined $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI infrastructure company established by global investment firm KKR.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
2 min read
Meta Expands Muse AI Agent to Help Small Businesses Run Their Work
Meta is expanding Muse with new AI skills and connectors that help small businesses manage tasks across tools like Canva, Shopify, Slack, Dropbox, and more.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
2 min read
Apple Ordered to Pay $5.7 Billion in Taptic Engine Patent Case
Apple has been ordered to pay more than $5.7 billion after losing a patent dispute involving the haptic technology used in devices such as the iPhone and Apple Watch.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
1 min read
Dutch Police Arrest 24-Year-Old in ShinyHunters Investigation
Dutch authorities have arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man in an investigation into ShinyHunters. The suspect has been identified as Pepijn van der Stap, who was previously arrested in a data theft and extortion case.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
2 min read
OpenAI Apologizes After AI Agent Breaches Australian Government Website
OpenAI has apologized after an experimental AI agent accessed Australian government systems without authorization, pledging funding to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and establish a local task force in response to the incident.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
1 min read
Bitget Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals After $387 Million Crypto Hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has resumed Bitcoin withdrawals after temporarily suspending them following a major security breach that transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency to attacker-controlled wallets.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
2 min read
Apple Fixes Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Apple has released security updates for older versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a vulnerability that it says may have been exploited in targeted attacks.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
1 min read
How to Fix the WordPress “Your Session Has Expired” Error
Getting the “Your Session Has Expired” error in WordPress? Learn how to fix login loops and session problems caused by cookies, caching, URL settings, plugins, and server configuration.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
8 min read
OpenAI Cancels New AI Model Release Over Safety Concerns
OpenAI has reportedly canceled the release of its next-generation artificial intelligence model after researchers raised safety concerns during internal testing.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2026
1 min read
ShinyHunters Resumes Mass Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Flaw
Google's Mandiant says ShinyHunters has resumed mass exploitation of an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability after attackers adapted to defenses introduced following earlier attacks.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 26, 2026
2 min read
OpenAI Reportedly Testing $500 ChatGPT Pro Max Plan
OpenAI appears to be testing a new $500-per-month ChatGPT Pro Max subscription with faster Work and Codex, maximum memory and 100GB of file storage.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 26, 2026
2 min read
Elementor WordPress Flaw Could Let Hackers Create Admin Accounts
A newly fixed Elementor vulnerability could allow attackers to create administrator accounts by tricking logged-in WordPress administrators into opening malicious links.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 26, 2026
2 min read
Kiteworks Urges Customers to Shut Down Servers Over Cyberattack Warning
Kiteworks has urged customers worldwide to shut down servers for six hours after receiving intelligence warning of a potentially imminent cyberattack.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 26, 2026
2 min read
Bitget Hack: Hackers Steal $351.6 Million in Crypto
Bitget has disclosed a $351.6 million cryptocurrency theft involving suspected North Korean hackers, forcing the exchange to temporarily suspend withdrawals.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 25, 2026
2 min read
Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability CVE-2026-48842 Actively Exploited
A high-severity security vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail that was patched in May is now being actively exploited in attacks, according to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 25, 2026
1 min read
OnePlus 15 Root Exploit Lets Malicious Apps Gain Full Control
A security researcher has demonstrated a way to gain full root access to a OnePlus 15 running the latest OxygenOS by installing a malicious app that does not require any special permissions.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 25, 2026
4 min read
Cloudflare Containers Flaw Exposed Data From Other Customers
A security flaw in Cloudflare Containers allowed a paying customer’s container to access data left behind by containers belonging to other customers on the same physical server.
Bijay Pokharel,
September 25, 2026
3 min read



