How to protect yourself and your data during the PHP web meltdown

Black October will go down in history as the mass cybersecurity event that put nearly 80% of the world wide web at risk of attack. Although the official fix is available, you and your online data could be vulnerable for years or more. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself from the PHP meltdown and whatever comes next.

From the outside looking in, the web is an intricate and complex network that pulls data together into one giant assembly of information. It is robust, instantaneous, powerful. Behind the scenes, though, many of today’s websites are held together with code and protocols that have proven to be stunningly fragile in the age of AI. One such element is PHP.

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