they’re calling it “Black October” and i don’t think people realize how serious this is
in the last 48 hours there have been over 27 major cybersecurity incidents. not in a month. not in a week. in 48 hours
any ONE of these would normally be the biggest story of the year
PHP: critical vulnerability in the software running 80% of the web. severity 9.2 out of 10
Node.js: high-severity flaw letting attackers take over servers remotely. affects versions 22, 24, and 26
Java: also compromised. three of the most used programming languages on earth hit at the same time
GitLab: a perfect 10 out of 10 severity hole in every version since 2014
Railway: hosting platform compromised. API keys for OpenAI, Claude, Stripe potentially exposed
Signal: a bug that could leave your mic and camera on after you hang up
WordPress: hackers stole a plugin maker’s keys and planted backdoors on websites
LiteLLM: an AI tool downloaded 3.4 million times a day was poisoned with a password stealer
and that’s not even half the list
thousands of AI agent swarms are reportedly scanning and attacking vulnerable servers right now. automated. around the clock
security researchers are saying this might be the early stages of a global cyber incident that nobody fully understands yet
if you run a website, use cloud services, store API keys on hosting platforms, or use any software built on PHP, Node.js, or Java you are potentially affected
update everything. rotate your API keys. change your passwords on critical services. enable 2FA everywhere you haven’t already
this is not a normal week on the internet. this is something different
BREAKING:
The White House has announced temporary and localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia in Oleshky.
The office of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump announced that, through her mediation, Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a temporary ceasefire starting October 29th to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations through safe corridors.
Oleshky sits on the left bank of the Dnipro river in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region and has been cut off from the outside world. Starvation has been reported from the town.
20 000 people lived in Oleshky when Russia launched its full-scale invasion on Ukraine in 2022.
15 000 still lived there on June 6th 2023 when the Russian Army blew up the Kakhovka Dam, causing catastrophic flooding downstream.
More than 200 people in Oleshky drowned in the masses of water and thousands more fled the town.
Today, between 1700 and 2000 people are estimated to live in the frontline town.
What’s actually going on in Ukraine is that there is a massive incentive difference between the elites and the people.
The former have grown very rich off the hundreds of billions flowing to Ukraine, while the latter’s children are conscripted to die in trenches.
Japanese writer Ryu Murakami has died at the age of 74
His best-known works include the novels “Almost Transparent Blue” (1976), “Coin Locker Babies” (1980), and “Miso Soup” (1997).