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- 1Critical code injection flaw hits Movable Type Cloud Edition●CVE-2026-96408 (CRITICAL): Movable Type Cloud Edition (v2.0 – 9.2.1) hit by code injection in upgrade script — unauthent
A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-96408, has been disclosed in Movable Type Cloud Edition versions 2.0 through 9.2.1. The flaw is a code injection in the upgrade script, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary Perl and SQL code. No patch is available yet, and administrators are being urged to restrict access to the upgrade script as an interim mitigation while a fix is awaited.
- 2Nostalgia for the dying craft of hand typesetting●When I was in junior high, one of the shop classes involved typesetting with old-fashioned movable type. More recently I
A writer recalls learning movable type in a junior high shop class and recommends "Twilight of the Velocipede," an account of typesetting races in the final years before Linotype machines displaced hand composition. The piece is drawing attention as a window on a vanished trade, when speed competitions tested compositors and mechanical printing was about to end an era of manual letterpress work.
- 3Korean Jikji, Not Gutenberg Bible, Is Oldest Movable Type Book●The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of Korean Buddhist Teachings, Predated It By 78 Years and It's Now Digitized Online
The Jikji, a Korean collection of Buddhist teachings printed in 1377, is recognized as the oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, predating the Gutenberg Bible by 78 years. The text has now been digitized and made available online, letting readers view a landmark of printing history long overshadowed by its European successor.