PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google's Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet
This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.
TL;DR
- Two critical vulnerabilities found in PHP, a language used by roughly 70% of websites.
- The NSA has issued an urgent warning, recommending sites be taken offline if immediate patching is not possible.
- These flaws have existed in PHP versions since 2004 and were discovered using AI tools from OpenAI and Google's Wiz.
- AI has made these previously difficult-to-exploit vulnerabilities a high risk for cyberattacks.
- A collective effort involving multiple tech companies and the PHP Foundation led to the development of patches.
- There are no reported exploits in the wild, as researchers found the flaws before hackers.
- The recommendation is to update PHP to the current supported version.