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Cyberattacks & Patch Alerts

Breaking security incidents and what to do about them: AI-assisted attack waves, critical software vulnerabilities such as the PHP flaws, platform breaches, and which patches or key rotations to apply. Agent security and regulation stay elsewhere.

8 articles·Updated Oct 25, 2026
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Would Pausing AI Reduce Cyber Risk? The Sanders Proposal

Bernie Sanders wants to pause AI and outlaw superintelligence. Here is what a pause would and would not fix for cyber risk, open-weight models and AI agents.

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What Is Black October? AI Attack Swarms and the PHP Flaw

Black October explained: the October 21 PHP disclosure, AI agent attack traffic, Storm-0940's three-hour cloud takeover, and why patching may not be enough.

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A hardware security key with a circular touch contact aligned to a USB port, with a few blank account cards standing behind it.

How Do I Protect Myself After the PHP Vulnerabilities?

Steps for consumers and site owners after the PHP flaws: hardware keys, fewer accounts, patch and confirm, OAuth, and family verification phrases.

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