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Published Fri, Oct 23 2026 11:17 AM EDT Updated Fri, Oct 23 2026 12:55 PM EDT

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Cybersecurity teams are racing to patch security flaws in the PHP programming language, which were discovered using advanced AI models.

Experts believe the PHP security flaws serve as the latest example of what's to come, and some have dubbed the moment "Black October."

Former CISA Director Chris Krebs encouraged smaller companies to "constantly" scan for vulnerabilities, deploy patches or take legacy systems offline.

Cybersecurity teams around the globe are rushing to patch PHP programming language flaws this week, in an artificial intelligence safety moment that's being described as "Black October."

Nearly 70% of all websites use PHP, according to some estimates.

"In the last 2 days there have been several dozen cyber attacks which, in isolation, would each have been the worst to happen in an entire calendar year," John Milinovich, senior director of product management at Figma, wrote in a post on X on…