Critical PHP security flaws found with AI affect websites worldwide
Cybersecurity firm Wiz Research and other groups used state-of-the-art AI models, such as those from OpenAI and Google, to uncover hidden vulnerabilities in PHP, the language that powers roughly 70% of the world's websites. 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 give 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 PHP vulnerabilities in August
- PHP powers roughly 70% of the world's websites, according to the report
- In the United Kingdom, 32 government services were offline, mostly as a precaution
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