PHP Cybersecurity Flaws: How AI Uncovered Software Vulnerabilities

Explainer How AI Unearthed PHP Software Flaws That Put Millions of Websites at Risk Researchers have disclosed two serious security vulnerabilities in a programming language that powers much of the internet, known as PHP. A race is now on to patch up the flaws in millions of affected websites, software packages and applications before criminal hackers get a chance to exploit them. Governments, banks, airlines and a host of other businesses across the world took websites offline temporarily as they worked on fixes. There were already signs that hackers were trying to find ways to take advantage of the weaknesses.