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Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Threaten Over 70% of the Internet

Critical security flaws in the PHP programming language, which powers over 70% of the internet, allow remote server takeover. Discovered with AI assistance, these vulnerabilities have prompted global cybersecurity agencies to issue urgent warnings and advise immediate updates or taking systems offline.

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Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Threaten Over 70% of the Internet — Illustration by baba

What happened

01Critical PHP vulnerabilities allow remote server takeover, affecting over 70% of internet websites.
02Global cybersecurity agencies are warning of widespread attacks and advising immediate updates.
03Governments and major organizations are taking servers offline as a precautionary measure.
04AI played a key role in discovering these flaws, significantly lowering exploitation difficulty.
05Millions of servers running older, unsupported PHP versions are at high risk.
06The Israeli National Cyber Directorate urged immediate updates to PHP environments.

Many governments and organizations have already begun shutting down services as a precaution, while millions of servers running older, unsupported versions of PHP remain at high risk.

Translated and summarized by baba from Mako, the latest report. Read Mako’s original