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Is your website vulnerable? Inside PHP’s 'Black October' | TechCrunch

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October 23, 2026 • 05:35 PM
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The internet is having an off week, to say the least. Equity, breaks down the PHP security flaws uncovered with AI, Elon Musk’s Tesla-SpaceX merger plans, and more deals of the week.

Is your website vulnerable? Inside PHP’s 'Black October' | TechCrunch

The internet is having an off week, to say the least.

Security researchers at OpenAI and Google-owned Wiz used AI to uncover critical flaws in PHP , the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites, including those built on WordPress, WooCommerce, and Magento. The holes date back more than a decade, and now that a fix is out, companies are scrambling to patch their systems as attackers try to exploit them.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and Anthony Ha dig into why AI-powered bug hunting could make this the first of many internet-wide scares. They also discuss what Elon Musk’s careful choreography says about where a Tesla-SpaceX merger is headed, and more of the week’s headlines.

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