World leaders warn against security flaw found in PHP computer programming
Summary
Security experts have found two serious weaknesses, called PHP2Shell, in the PHP programming language used by many websites worldwide. Governments in Europe and Asia temporarily shut down some websites to fix these flaws after the U.S. National Security Agency warned about the risk of attacks.Key Facts
- PHP is a programming language that many websites use to run their systems.
- Two major security flaws in PHP were found with help from artificial intelligence (AI).
- The U.S. NSA advised websites to go offline if they could not quickly update to fix the problems.
- Countries like Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Japan took some government websites offline to protect against attacks.
- The flaws allow hackers to run harmful commands on servers without a password or account.
- The PHP Foundation said these are some of the most serious bugs in the language’s history.
- The weaknesses have been in the code for decades but needed AI help to fully identify the risks.
- The PHP Foundation warns that AI will make it easier to find security problems, so tech companies should work together to prevent big internet disruptions.
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