AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk
- Researchers identified two critical PHP vulnerabilities that may affect nearly 70% of websites.
- The vulnerabilities were identified using OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol model, and Wiz later found them independently with help from AI models.
- The PHP Foundation released patches and urged users to update immediately; the U.S. National Security Agency advised organizations unable to patch to take vulnerable systems offline.
- Security agencies warned organizations to prepare, monitor systems, and isolate vulnerable systems where necessary.
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As AI's fast-advancing capabilities fuel concern over the increased risk of cyberattacks, here are some questions and answers about the situation: What is PHP and how widely used is it? Created in the early 1990s, PHP is a computer programming language that helps run an estimated 70 percent of the world's websites. It is "a backbone of the web", according to security firm Wiz Research, which says it used AI to find vulnerabilities hidden in PHP …
Government agencies and companies worldwide are rushing to shut down websites or temporarily suspend online services after two critical security vulnerabilities were discovered in the PHP programming language, which is used by many websites around the globe.
<p>In Europe and the world, state sites are being massively disabled due to the threat of large-scale cyberattacks Public sites are temporarily disabled due to two critical PHP vulnerabilities. They can allow remote launch of malicious code without authorization.</p>
Global alert over two critical PHP flaws forces government websites offline
Governments and companies in several countries temporarily took websites offline this week over two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language that powers much of the internet, which allow an attacker to run code remotely on servers without authenticating. PHP’s development team released fixes on Wednesday and urged users to update immediately.
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