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The provincial government is taking its websites and some online services offline as a precautionary measure due to what is being described as a “newly disclosed global cybersecurity vulnerability.”It says technical teams are assessing the situation and working to restore affected services. It’s working with federal, provincial, and territorial partners on the situation. Government release issued todayGovernment’s release issued today (Government of NL)All websites and services are being assessed on an individual basis to determine which ones can remain available. MyGovNL is not affected at this time. Memorial University is also facing a similar disruption, which includes it’s MyMUN service and MUN.ca. VOCM News is following the situation and will provide more information as it becomes available.

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An agency that monitors the PHP programming language issued a severe warning on Tuesday that it had identified two major cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Fixes should have been deployed on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET, but security experts are urging website administrators to take immediate notice and precautions. The warnings are unusually severe, rated 9.2 out of 10. On Wednesday afternoon, PHP released some technical details about the two exploits. They allow bad actors to run malicious code on a site’s web servers. The very best thing you can do to keep your website safe is to immediately install the latest version of PHP. Older versions of PHP that have been sunsetted are also getting an emergency update with the patches.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates Muse, Meta's artificial intelligence agent, during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 23, 2026. Minh Connors | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta is slated to report third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, and investors will be looking for signs that the company's latest artificial intelligence efforts will bolster future sales. Here's what analysts polled by LSEG are expecting:  Earnings per share: $5.75Revenue: $63.2 billionIt's been a big quarter for Mark Zuckerberg's company due to the initial success of the Muse AI personal assistant tool that debuted in September and shot to the top of Apple's iOS app store. That AI momentum helped Meta end September with its best month on Wall Street since 2022. Meta isn't the first to create a digital assistant that can organize people's email and scan the web for headphone deals, but the company's empire, which includes Facebook and Instagram, has helped introduce AI agents to the masses.