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AI-detected critical security flaws in PHP affect websites worldwide

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Cybersecurity firm Wiz Research and other groups used state-of-the-art AI models, such as those from OpenAI and Google, to detect hidden vulnerabilities in PHP, the language that powers roughly 70% of the world's web pages. The finding was kept secret until a fix was developed. Governments and companies took sites offline as a precaution: in the United Kingdom, 32 government services were out of service. The NSA warns the flaws can provide direct access to a server's file system or database.

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  • Wiz Research and other groups used AI models from OpenAI and Google to find vulnerabilities in PHP, the language behind about 70% of the world's websites.
  • The finding was kept secret until a fix was developed; in the United Kingdom, 32 government services went offline as a precaution.
  • The NSA says the flaws can offer direct access to a server's file system or database.
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