AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk

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 …

Some 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…

How worried should we be about the PHP cybersecurity crisis?

The internet could go dark after two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP, a programming language, were spotted and patched.

Websites go offline after AI detects flaw | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language led governments and other organizations in Europe and the U.S. to take their websites offline temporarily Wednesday as they scrambled to make security updates.