The Cybersecurity week,in numbers.

Every figure reported in cybersecurity news this week, with what each figure measures, when it was reported and where it was published.

Inside this briefing
60Figures listed
937Figures found in window
456Articles carrying figures
24Publishers cited
Most common unitspercentmillionhourscountyear
By the numbers

What are the latest cybersecurity figures this week?

937 figures were reported across 456 cybersecurity articles in this window. The table lists the 60 carried by the highest-ranked articles.

60 of 937 figures
FigureWhat the figure measuresSource
9.2

CVSS severity score

Wiz Research identified critical remote code execution and memory disclosure vulnerabilities in the core PHP engine, affecting versions dating back to 5.4.

21 Oct

70%

percentage of websites powered by PHP

Wiz Research identified critical remote code execution and memory disclosure vulnerabilities in the core PHP engine, affecting versions dating back to 5.4.

21 Oct

8

compromised intermediate certificate keys

Security researcher Ian Carroll discovered that eight intermediate certificate authority keys issued by eMudhra in April 2025 were cryptographically weak, consisting of single-byte values.

17 Oct (reported 21 Oct)

256

maximum possible values for single-byte keys

Security researcher Ian Carroll discovered that eight intermediate certificate authority keys issued by eMudhra in April 2025 were cryptographically weak, consisting of single-byte values.

17 Oct (reported 21 Oct)

8

compromised intermediate CA certificates

Eight intermediate CA certificates issued by eMudhra have been compromised, allowing potential impersonation of websites.

17 Oct (reported 20 Oct)

10.0

CVSS severity score

GitLab released security patches on October 21, 2026, to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-110264) with a CVSS score of 10.0.

21 Oct

7.0

earliest affected version

GitLab released security patches on October 21, 2026, to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-110264) with a CVSS score of 10.0.

21 Oct

9.2

CVSS v4.0 score

A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-111497, has been identified in the Google Brotli compression library, affecting versions 1.0.3 through 1.2.0.

21 Oct (reported 24 Oct)

1.2.0

vulnerable Brotli version

A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-111497, has been identified in the Google Brotli compression library, affecting versions 1.0.3 through 1.2.0.

21 Oct (reported 24 Oct)

70%

percentage of websites using PHP

Authorities in Europe, Asia, and the United States have taken government websites offline following the discovery of two critical security vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

2

number of critical vulnerabilities discovered

Authorities in Europe, Asia, and the United States have taken government websites offline following the discovery of two critical security vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

12year

years of releases affected

GitLab has patched a maximum-severity integer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-110264, which allows unauthenticated remote code execution on self-managed servers.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

10

CVSS severity rating

GitLab has patched a maximum-severity integer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-110264, which allows unauthenticated remote code execution on self-managed servers.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

50M

registered users

GitLab has patched a maximum-severity integer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-110264, which allows unauthenticated remote code execution on self-managed servers.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

9.2

CVSS v4.0 severity score

The PHP project released emergency patches for two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, on October 21, 2026.

21 Oct

1.3M

estimated internet-exposed hosts vulnerable

The PHP project released emergency patches for two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, on October 21, 2026.

21 Oct

70-80 percent

percentage of websites running PHP

The PHP project released emergency patches for two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, on October 21, 2026.

21 Oct

3hours

time from initial targeting to privileged access

Since September 2026, the China-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 has utilized the agentic AI framework ARTEX to automate global cyberattacks against hundreds of organizations.

21 Oct

2

critical vulnerabilities identified as PHP2Shell

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the PHP Foundation released patches for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively known as PHP2Shell.

21 Oct (reported 24 Oct)

70%

estimated percentage of the internet affected

Security researchers from Calif and Wiz identified two critical Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in PHP, designated CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively dubbed PHP2Shell.

23 Oct

70%

percentage of websites at risk

Cybersecurity experts and tech leaders, including Sam Altman, Jason Clinton of Anthropic, Marc Benioff of Salesforce, and Matthew Prince of Cloudflare, have warned of a 'vulnerability tsunami' following the discovery of a critical flaw in the PHP programming language on October 21, 2026.

21 Oct (reported 23 Oct)

$1

billion dollar subsidy for Daybreak cyber models

Researchers from Calif, supported by OpenAI's 'Patch the Planet' program, and the security firm Wiz independently discovered two critical PHP memory-corruption vulnerabilities, designated CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively known as PHP2Shell.

05 Aug (reported 22 Oct)

70%

percentage of the web affected

Researchers from Calif, supported by OpenAI's 'Patch the Planet' program, and the security firm Wiz independently discovered two critical PHP memory-corruption vulnerabilities, designated CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively known as PHP2Shell.

05 Aug (reported 22 Oct)

2month

months of coordinated response

Researchers from Calif, supported by OpenAI's 'Patch the Planet' program, and the security firm Wiz independently discovered two critical PHP memory-corruption vulnerabilities, designated CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, collectively known as PHP2Shell.

05 Aug (reported 22 Oct)

9.2

severity score

The PHP programming language developers released urgent security patches on October 21, 2026, to address two critical vulnerabilities, nicknamed PHP2Shell, which allow remote code execution.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

10

maximum severity score

The PHP programming language developers released urgent security patches on October 21, 2026, to address two critical vulnerabilities, nicknamed PHP2Shell, which allow remote code execution.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

70%

percentage of websites worldwide using PHP

On October 21, 2026, developers disclosed two critical PHP vulnerabilities, dubbed 'PHP2Shell,' which allow unauthorized remote code execution.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

25000servers

servers in South Korea using outdated PHP versions

On October 21, 2026, developers disclosed two critical PHP vulnerabilities, dubbed 'PHP2Shell,' which allow unauthorized remote code execution.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

82%

percentage of servers in South Korea with identifiable versions using PHP 8.1 or earlier

On October 21, 2026, developers disclosed two critical PHP vulnerabilities, dubbed 'PHP2Shell,' which allow unauthorized remote code execution.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

millions

hacking attempts

PHP developers released critical security patches on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to address long-standing vulnerabilities discovered via AI.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

70%

estimated percentage of the internet affected by the vulnerability

The US government is coordinating with federal agencies and international partners to address two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

254

number of Dutch local authorities using Notubiz services

The US government is coordinating with federal agencies and international partners to address two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

100

number of Dutch municipalities, provinces and water boards affected

The US government is coordinating with federal agencies and international partners to address two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language.

21 Oct (reported 22 Oct)

9.2

severity rating

PHP developers are releasing security patches today, October 21, 2026, to address two critical Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities with a severity rating of 9.2 out of 10.

21 Oct

1.3M

affected internet-connected hosts

PHP developers are releasing security patches today, October 21, 2026, to address two critical Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities with a severity rating of 9.2 out of 10.

21 Oct

40%

percentage of internet powered by WordPress

PHP developers are releasing security patches today, October 21, 2026, to address two critical Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities with a severity rating of 9.2 out of 10.

21 Oct

2

critical vulnerabilities identified

The PHP development team has released emergency security updates for PHP versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

21 Oct

9.2

CVSS severity score

The PHP Foundation released security updates for versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 on October 21, 2026, to address two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

21 Oct

70%

percentage of websites using PHP

The PHP Foundation released security updates for versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 on October 21, 2026, to address two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

21 Oct

9.2

CVSS score for vulnerabilities

PHP developers released emergency updates for versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

21 Oct

2

critical vulnerabilities identified

The PHP Foundation released emergency security updates on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to address two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

21 Oct

15minutes

expected time for mass attacks after release

The PHP Foundation released emergency security updates on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to address two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

21 Oct

70%

percentage of websites affected by the vulnerability

On October 21, 2026, government websites in France, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands were taken offline following the discovery of a critical vulnerability affecting up to 70% of global websites.

21 Oct

9.2

CVSS severity rating for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619

The PHP Foundation released emergency patches on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting multiple PHP versions.

21 Oct

43%

percentage of the web powered by WordPress

The PHP Foundation released emergency patches on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting multiple PHP versions.

21 Oct

70%

percentage of websites underpinned by PHP

The PHP Foundation released emergency patches on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting multiple PHP versions.

21 Oct

9.2

CVSS 4.0 score

Unit 42 has identified two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting PHP with a CVSS score of 9.2.

21 Oct

22.6M

exposed instances

Unit 42 has identified two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, affecting PHP with a CVSS score of 9.2.

21 Oct

4

high-severity vulnerabilities in Node.js

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, multiple global cybersecurity incidents occurred, including critical vulnerabilities in PHP, Node.js, and a compromise of the LiteLLM proxy.

21 Oct

70%

percentage of websites affected

The PHP development team has disclosed a critical memory-management vulnerability named 'PHP2Shell'.

21 Oct

10.6TB

total data exfiltrated

A threat actor group known as FULCRUMSECT has publicly claimed a massive data breach of PingCAP Inc. and its TiDB Cloud service.

08 Sep (reported 20 Oct)

180046

tenant organisations affected

A threat actor group known as FULCRUMSECT has publicly claimed a massive data breach of PingCAP Inc. and its TiDB Cloud service.

08 Sep (reported 20 Oct)

115308

plaintext customer API keys

A threat actor group known as FULCRUMSECT has publicly claimed a massive data breach of PingCAP Inc. and its TiDB Cloud service.

08 Sep (reported 20 Oct)

88

consecutive unauthorized exports

A threat actor group known as FULCRUMSECT has publicly claimed a massive data breach of PingCAP Inc. and its TiDB Cloud service.

08 Sep (reported 20 Oct)

3hours

time frame from initial targeting to privileged access

Microsoft reported that the China-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 compromised the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application using an AI-driven penetration testing framework called ARTEX.

01 Sep (reported 22 Oct)

2250

tenants targeted

Microsoft reported that the China-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 compromised the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application using an AI-driven penetration testing framework called ARTEX.

01 Sep (reported 22 Oct)

2900count

sign-in attempts per minute

Microsoft reported that the China-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 compromised the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application using an AI-driven penetration testing framework called ARTEX.

01 Sep (reported 22 Oct)

151000count

failed logon events

Microsoft reported that the China-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 compromised the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application using an AI-driven penetration testing framework called ARTEX.

01 Sep (reported 22 Oct)

16:00 UTC

time of status update

ConnectWise has suspended its Cloud Backup, SaaS Security, and Cloud Management services following the detection of unauthorized access to application identities on October 15, 2026.

15 Oct (reported 19 Oct)

8

number of compromised intermediate certificates

Indian certificate authority eMudhra announced on October 22, 2026, that it will exit the SSL/TLS certificate business.

22 Oct

60 of 937 figures are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.

Publishers

Which publishers are cited on this page?

Publishers cited most often across the events on this page.

thehackernews.com6 items
theregister.com5 items
aljazeera.com4 items
cyberscoop.com4 items
20 more publishersShow less
insurancejournal.com4 items
fulcrumsec.vg4 items
latent.space3 items
thelec.net3 items
theverge.com3 items
csoonline.com3 items
wiz.io2 items
scotthelme.co.uk2 items
aikido.dev2 items
techcrunch.com2 items
decrypt.co2 items
wired.com2 items
paloaltonetworks.com2 items
we-have-a-problem.com1 item
microsoft.com1 item
silcock.dev1 item
theguardian.com1 item
helpnetsecurity.com1 item
semafor.com1 item
techmeme.com1 item

Frequently asked questions

How does Dailyn choose the stories?

Dailyn’s analysis engine screens the week’s reporting for relevance, deduplicates overlapping coverage into distinct dated events, and ranks those events by significance, source corroboration and recency. The highest-ranked events form the core of the weekly briefing.

Where does every fact on this page come from?

Every line is a fact taken verbatim from a single dated article, and that article is linked in the same row. Nothing on the page is written or inferred beyond the article set.

Does AI write this page?

The analysis engine extracts facts, entities and figures from the week’s reporting, and the editorial synthesis is generated from that event data. Published claims remain traceable to the underlying reporting.

How often are these pages updated?

A new briefing is issued for every ISO week, and the key-numbers section is refreshed with it. Each page states the exact window of dates it covers.

Methodology

How this page was built

Dailyn’s analysis engine processes everything its monitored sources published this week: it deduplicates overlapping coverage, clusters reporting into distinct dated events, extracts the companies, deals and figures involved, and ranks the results by significance, corroboration and recency.

15,125

Articles ingested

Everything Dailyn’s monitored sources published across the seven-day window.

14,654

Screened as relevant

The engine filters out off-topic and low-quality reporting.

734

Matched to this sector

Articles the engine tagged with this industry inside the window.

456

Carrying figures

Sector articles that reported at least one figure inside the window.

60

Figures listed

The figures this page prints, each quoted exactly as its article reported it.

1

Briefing published

Events ranked by significance, corroboration and recency.

Every line on this page is a fact taken verbatim from a single dated article, with that article linked in the same row. Nothing on this page is written or inferred beyond the article set.

Duplicate reports of the same event are collapsed to one entry; the corroborating-source count says how many outlets carried it.

Dates are publication dates. Where an article states a different date for the event itself, that date is shown first and the publication date in brackets. A date the article gives for something still to come is shown as "due".

A figure is listed exactly as the article reported it. Figures are not converted, rebased, summed or compared across articles.

Every event stays linked to the reporting it was built from.

Explore more cybersecurity coverage

Internal topic paths
Personalized briefing

Get this week’s briefing for your own beat.

Pick the topics and sources that matter to you. Dailyn reads them every day and sends one concise digest.

Build my digest →