The article describes a wave of AI-assisted attacks and newly found flaws dubbed 'Black October', led by critical vulnerabilities in PHP, which is used by around 70% of websites and was disclosed on October 21. Cloudflare reported millions of exploit attempts after the disclosure, France and Finland temporarily cut access to some websites, and the US NSA urged organizations to patch immediately or take affected systems offline. Other incidents include cloud platform Railway disclosing that an attacker decrypted customer credentials and API keys, Quest Diagnostics confirming a breach of patient health data, and a major GitHub service disruption. The article notes that AI makes it easier to find flaws, but the ability to fix them is not keeping pace. Experts suggest avoiding unfamiliar sites, not entering passwords or card numbers on them, deleting unused apps, enabling multi-factor authentication, and keeping digital footprints small.
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