21 October 2026

Researchers used AI to find two critical PHP flaws - AWS says exploitation attempts began four days before the patch

On October 21, the PHP developers released versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, fixing two vulnerabilities rated 9.2 on the CVSS scale - both let attackers take over a server without logging in. They were found by researchers from OpenAI, Wiz and Calif using the GPT-5.6 Sol and Gemini 4 Argon models. According to AWS, attackers tried to exploit the flaws as early as October 17, and on the day the patches came out some European governments temporarily took their websites offline as a precaution, CNN, Laravel News and Wired report.

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A third of the brands at the Paris Motor Show come from China - twice as many as two years ago

At the Paris Motor Show, which opens October 12, 20 of the roughly 60 exhibiting brands come from China, compared with 10 at the previous edition in 2024, Carscoops reports, citing Reuters. Alongside BYD, Geely, Chery, Jaecoo and Leapmotor, already known in Europe, Li Auto, Aito and Aion will also be there, among others; Chinese cars already account for more than 10 percent of new cars sold in Europe. Some of them are hybrids, which are not covered by the EU's anti-subsidy tariffs of up to 35 percent on Chinese EVs. European brands will bring the Audi A2 e-tron, Skoda Peaq, Dacia Striker and Fiat Grizzly, among others, while BMW is skipping the show.

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Power failure at Google Cloud in London disrupts Revolut services

According to CNN and The Verge, Google Cloud services in the europe-west2 region were returning errors from around 7 a.m. London time on Tuesday because of a power failure. During that time, Revolut customers were partly unable to use services including card payments, ATM withdrawals and currency exchange; a source told Reuters this was caused by the Google outage. After 1 p.m., Google said services were recovering.

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iOS 27.2 brings household profiles to Apple TV and suggestions to Messages

iOS 27.2 will be released next week and will change six Apple apps, 9to5Mac reports. Messages will suggest actions based on the conversation, such as adding an event to your calendar (the Suggested Actions feature), Apple TV will get profiles for household members, and FaceTime will show the front and rear cameras at the same time in group calls too. The Home, Podcasts and Games apps are also getting new features.

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