AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk
- On Wednesday, PHP Foundation developers disclosed two "critical vulnerabilities" in PHP, urging users to "update immediately." Multiple government websites, including Canada's, were taken offline as a precaution.
- Roughly 70 percent of all websites run on PHP, a "ubiquitous" programming language. Alphabet-owned cybersecurity company Wiz reported that artificial intelligence discovered the flaw, prompting urgent global warnings.
- Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said some federal websites went offline as a "precautionary measure" to protect systems. Rajiv Gupta, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, advised disconnecting vulnerable servers, patching them, and reconnecting.
- Cybersecurity agencies in France, Australia, Japan, and Britain urged immediate updates as governments proactively took sites offline. The vulnerability affects content management systems like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and Magento.
- The PHP Foundation released urgent fixes for the volunteer-maintained software. Affected websites will be restored once patches are applied, Solomon said, adding "we are taking this situation extremely seriously.
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A critical server penetration vulnerability in the programming language PHP has been discovered using artificial intelligence. This flaw, which allows hackers to issue commands to servers without administrator authentication, increases the likelihood of website data theft and malware distribution. Although the PHP development team has released an emergency fix, a tense situation persists as the speed of security update application aligns with th…
European government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble
Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.Developers of the PHP programming language on Wednesday released urgent new fixes to vulnerabilities that had quietly been lurking in their software for years until they were uncovered using AI, saying that all users…
Most of the internet is suddenly melting down, and there's only one fix
The internet isn’t safe. That’s the warning going around the world today, as two newly discovered vulnerabilities instantaneously made the majority of websites susceptible to targeted attacks. This isn’t a problem that impacts one site or service. It’s a global phenomenon, and you should be prepared for what happens next.On October 20, the discovery was leaked online of two PHP vulnerabilities, dubbed CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Togethe…
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