PHP: The three little letters wreaking havoc across the web
Two vulnerabilities found in the programming language PHP put enormous swaths of the internet in danger.
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Key points
- By some accounts, up to 70 percent of websites use PHP in some capacity.
- PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today
- A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today
- The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites.
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- [1]PHP: The three little letters wreaking havoc across the webThe Verge: AI · Oct 22, 03:12 PM
Two vulnerabilities found in the programming language PHP put enormous swaths of the internet in danger.
By some accounts, up to 70 percent of websites use PHP in some capacity.
- [2]‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on FireWIRED: AI · Oct 21, 02:26 PM
The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites.
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