AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk
- Two critical PHP vulnerabilities put up to 70% of websites at risk because attackers could remotely run commands without passwords.
- PHP developers released a fix and urged users to update immediately, while security officials advised vulnerable organizations to take sites offline.
- Government websites and online services in France, the Netherlands, Australia, and elsewhere went offline as operators worked to patch the flaws.
- Calif and Wiz said AI models helped discover the vulnerabilities, which had existed for decades and were reported before details became public.
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LONDON (AP) — Governments and corporations worked all night to repair a flaw in a vital programming language for 70% of the world’s websites.
A crack in PHP programming language has been described as the most important ever discovered by artificial intelligence
70% of websites face catastrophic hijacking under newly discovered flaw
A critical software crisis has emerged after artificial intelligence uncovered a severe vulnerability in PHP, the code powering up to 70% of the world's websites. Named PHP2Shell, the memory management flaw allows hackers to gain control of unpatched servers within seconds. Security experts reported by The Wall Street Journal are rushing to install patches before automated AI tools are weaponized by cybercriminals. The post 70% of websites face …
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abc30 NewsSome websites shut down globally as operators address PHP issue after AI finds critical flaw
The US National Security Agency and Europe's cybersecurity agency on Wednesday advised companies to take immediate action to address two critical flaws in PHP
Critical security flaw shuts down websites worldwide
WASHINGTON — Government and company websites around the globe have gone dark and suspended some services after a serious vulnerability was found in a computer language used to build much of the world wide web, with organizations scrambling to fix the critical security flaw.Belgian, Dutch, Finnish, French and German sites were among those that governments took down temporarily as they scrambled to patch the critical weakness in PHP, a language us…
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