“Black October” Cybersecurity Attacks Impact Global Institutions

As disclosed in an emergency release from the PHP Foundation, an AI-based detector has revealed two critical memory-safety flaws in PHP that have led to cybersecurity attacks from “malicious” unknown sources across the globe.

Experts are classifying this mass cybersecurity threat as “Black October.”

Even before “Black October,” AI was creeping into cybersecurity.

The Rover asked Tracy Weber, Notre Dame’s Vice President of Information Technology and the Chief Information Officer, how “Black October” has impacted Notre Dame’s data and how the university has approached cybersecurity attacks in the past.

Weber concluded by alluding to the concerns of AI involvement in cybersecurity, saying, “As for the future, AI is changing cybersecurity in both directions.