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2 Nov 2026Weekly roundupThis week in cyber security: Binance's US$6.3bn theft, exploited PHP flaws and FNB's POPIA fineAttackers took about US$6.3bn from Binance, PHP and GitLab flaws were exploited, VPN gateways came under attack, police took down a criminal host, and the Information Regulator fined FNB R1m.5 min read · 16 sourcesRead