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Patch priority

PHP2Shell: PHP 8.2 to 8.5 are fixed, older builds hang on your distro

The PHP project fixed four branches. Everything else, from Ubuntu 20.04 to the default PHP on AlmaLinux 8, depends on your vendor, and Amazon saw an exploit attempt as early as October 17.

By Morgan Reid · October 22, 2026 · 4 min read

Patch priority · every Wednesday PHP2Shell: PHP 8.2 to 8.5 are fixed, older builds hang on your distro By Morgan Reid Pricing and licensing watch · every Friday Copilot Business metering from Dec 1: up to $8,000/month at 200 seats By Jordan Hale

AI

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News Microsoft's AI agent controls point to E7 at $99 a seat, no date yet Avery Lane · October 21

News OpenAI pulls GPT-4o and GPT-4.1 from its API on January 14 Avery Lane · October 15

News Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to all; API price doubles December 1 Avery Lane · October 14

Security

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News eMudhra CA keys broken: DSC and eSign safe, TLS and code signing not Morgan Reid · October 22

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Patch priority Oracle's October patch: 1,295 fixes, and E-Business Suite goes first Morgan Reid · October 21

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News ConnectWise takes two more services offline, and restores stop Morgan Reid · October 19

Cloud and infrastructure

All cloud and infrastructure stories

In Brief Railway secrets breach: what to rotate now, what waits for builds Morgan Reid · October 22

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News October Windows updates stall Exchange mail: the fix and its cost Morgan Reid · October 20

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In Brief Windows 11 Remote Desktop error 0xC000000D: which hosts are hit Morgan Reid · October 17

Data and analytics

All data and analytics stories

News Postgres 14 support ends Nov 12, a week before Postgres 19 ships Avery Lane · October 18

News Databricks can now query Workday HR and finance data in place, without copying it Avery Lane · October 11

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News Cloudflare's Basin data platform is generally available, with no egress fees Avery Lane · October 11

Software and SaaS

All software and SaaS stories

Pricing and licensing watch Copilot Business metering from Dec 1: up to $8,000/month at 200 seats Jordan Hale · October 16

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In Brief Mozilla launches Firefox Enterprise with a self-hosted console Avery Lane · October 15

Explainer GhostAction hit 500 GitHub accounts: how to lock down Actions secrets Avery Lane · October 13

Deals and vendors

All deals and vendors stories

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News Salesforce buys Braze for $5.66B: what Braze customers should ask now Jordan Hale · October 21

News Varonis self-hosted ends Dec. 31, months before Proofpoint takes over Jordan Hale · October 19

In Brief Nokia to sell private wireless unit with 900 customers to AURELIUS Jordan Hale · October 13