A major internet security flaw discovered by AI has triggered a cyber crisis
PHP developers announced the identification of two critical vulnerabilities. Approximately 75 percent of identifiable websites use PHP.
- PHP developers announced the identification of two critical vulnerabilities.
- Approximately 75 percent of identifiable websites use PHP.
- Millions of hacking attempts occurred since critical vulnerabilities were found in internet software.
- Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday.
- The flaws could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code remotely.
- Many institutions temporarily disabled their websites as a precaution.
- PHP programmers released a fix on Wednesday.
- If a website uses the affected PHP version without protection, attackers could gain access to underlying databases.
- Security researchers discovered the vulnerability using artificial intelligence.
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated the incident showed the importance of secure software maintenance.
- The US National Security Agency told organizations to patch sites immediately.
- CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince detects one million attempted attacks every minute.
- The PHP flaws had been undetected for over a decade.
- The flaw, named PHP2Shell, relates to how PHP manages computer memory.
- Researchers at security firm Calif reported the first flaw to PHP after using OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model.
- Cyber-security firm Wiz described the issue as the most severe ever detected.
- Censys identified approximately 36.7 million internet-facing services with affected PHP versions.
- The PHP development team released security updates for four supported PHP branches.
- Bangladesh Bank has kept its official website offline to mitigate potential cyber attack risks.
- Researchers found a third PHP vulnerability.
- The French prefectures' websites are currently inaccessible.
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