What to know about the AI-detected security bug impacting wide swaths of the internet
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The warned vulnerabilities in PHP could affect the majority of websites, exposing government agencies, corporations and other organizations to potential cyber attacks.
PHP is a widely used general-purpose scripting language that is geared toward web development, and thus, it powers the majority of websites around the world. When the organization behind the language and the FBI's cyber division warned Wednesday of significant vulnerabilities in the language, government agencies, corporations and other organizations were sent into a flurry.
PHP is a general‑purpose scripting language that underpins most web sites worldwide, so flaws in its code can have broad security implications.
- •Release of patches or updates from the PHP development team
- •Further alerts or guidance from the FBI’s cyber division
- •Reports of exploitation attempts targeting the disclosed vulnerabilities