The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity - Week 44 (2026)
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The Good | Global Response Continues for PHP2SHELL Exploit Attempts & Defenders Dismantle Global Cybercrime Rings This past week, cyber defenders responded to a cluster of vulnerability disclosures and security incidents collectively dubbed “ Black October ,” spanning flaws in PHP2SHELL, Node.js, GitLab, and Brotli, a software supply chain attack in LiteLLM, and compromised certificate authority…
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- AttackSupply-chain attackCompromising a vendor, library or update so the attack reaches all of its customers at once.
- ConceptCertificate authorityAn organisation trusted to vouch for a website's identity by signing its certificate.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.