Security experts are rattled by what some call 'Black October', a run of hacks and bugs headlined by the PHP vulnerabilities. 404 Media reports that they are unsure what comes next.
The authors of the Laws of Armed Conflict want to set guardrails on AI weapons systems. 404 Media asks whether governments will heed them.
The PHP vulnerabilities have pushed businesses, hospitals, schools and governments into emergency measures. The New Stack argues this is a preview of a wider problem: AI finds bugs faster than open-source maintainers can patch them.
Two critical PHP flaws forced many websites offline for maintenance. They were found with OpenAI's AI, and the company warns that more vulnerabilities of this kind will be uncovered.
In a Guardian opinion piece, Chris Stokel-Walker notes that services in the Netherlands, Finland and at Wikimedia were switched off deliberately because staying online was too risky. He argues that a few overstretched developers cannot secure the web alone and that the companies profiting from it should help pay.
Some websites went dark on Wednesday as operators waited for PHP fixes. The New Stack argues that the deeper failure behind the episode started in 2024.