This month in security with Tony Anscombe – October 2026 edition
The PHP2Shell disclosure and other major cybersecurity news this month brought into relief the need for well-thought-out cyber-readiness plans
30 Oct 2026
With October coming to a close, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe reviews some of the top cybersecurity stories that made the news over the month. At the same time, he offers insights that the latest wave of incidents hold for your company's, or your own, cyber-defenses. Here's Tony's rundown of some of what stood out most in October:
- Over the past ten days, the cybersecurity news cycle has been dominated by two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a server-side scripting language powering some 70 percent of websites globally. Here's what you should know more about the pair of flaws known as PHP2Shell, as well as related topics – and we also dived into the issues in this video and this blog post.
- Cyberattackers broke into refrigeration controllers...
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