Hackers got a four-day head start on epic PHP2Shell vulnerability
Amazon has warned that vulnerabilities in a programming language that underpins much of the Internet, discovered using AI tools, are being “broadly exploited” as governments and companies rush to secure their systems.
Proof2 independent outlets
Key points
- The world’s largest cloud computing provider on Wednesday said it had identified an attempt by hackers to exploit the bug four days before the weakness was disclosed to the public.
- Amazon added the flaws were “now being broadly exploited in the wild.”
- Amazon Web Services logged attempts to leverage the internet-melting PHP2Shell bugs four days ago.
- They’re now being “broadly exploited” across the internet.
Sources (2)
- [1]Hackers got a four-day head start on epic PHP2Shell vulnerabilityArs Technica: AI · Oct 22, 03:25 PM
Amazon has warned that vulnerabilities in a programming language that underpins much of the Internet, discovered using AI tools, are being “broadly exploited” as governments and companies rush to secure their systems.
The world’s largest cloud computing provider on Wednesday said it had identified an attempt by hackers to exploit the bug four days before the weakness was disclosed to the public.
- [2]Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were PatchedWIRED: AI · Oct 22, 02:24 AM
Amazon Web Services logged attempts to leverage the internet-melting PHP2Shell bugs four days ago.
They’re now being “broadly exploited” across the internet.
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