The Cybersecurity World is on Edge as “Black October” Comes to a Close
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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October 29, 2026 |
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Jamiroquai was right—the future is made of virtual insanity. As Julia Black reports, just days ago, “two serious security vulnerabilities were revealed in PHP, the programming language behind more than 70% of the internet’s web pages.” Cybersecurity experts find this especially alarming because it’s only the latest in a series of historically scary breaches. “We’re just in an exceptionally unresilient moment, coming up against systems which are designed to exploit that lack of resilience,” one tells her. In other words: Whoa, it’s a crazy world we’re livin’ in! Elsewhere, Nathan Taylor Pemberton charts how racist troll Nick Fuentes’s influence on the right wing has waxed and, perhaps, waned, while Andrew Buss brings us an oral history of Little Shop of Horrors—that includes a rare interview with the reclusive Rick Moranis. More tomorrow! |
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MIDTERMS 2026 The Undoing of Nick Fuentes, the Far-Right Kingmaker Who Wasn’t By Nathan Taylor Pemberton For close to a decade, the livestreaming extremist has led a growing cohort of young men toward what’s looked like the insidious post-Trump future of the right. But as his movement is consumed by nihilism and infighting, it’s become a fitting outgrowth of Trump’s own cult of personality. When reached for comment, though, Fuentes said he’s moving strategically. Read more |
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MOVIES Feed Me: An Oral History of Little Shop of Horrors By Andrew Buss Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Frank Oz, David Geffen, Alan Menken, and more on what made the cult classic sing—and why its original ending was scrapped. Read more |
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A BILLION TO ONE As “Black October” Comes to a Close, the Cybersecurity World Is on Edge By Julia Black With cyberattacks on the rise, experts fear we’re in “an exceptionally unresilient moment.” Read more |
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