‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
Summary
Cybersecurity experts have discovered a major security flaw in PHP, a programming language used by millions of websites, which has put many sites at risk of hacking. They warn that artificial intelligence (AI) will help find and exploit more security weaknesses faster than before, making it hard to fix all vulnerabilities in time.Key Facts
- A major flaw was found in PHP, which runs about 70% of all websites on the internet.
- AI helped researchers find these complex bugs that might have existed for years.
- Experts predict a “vulnerability tsunami,” meaning many new security weaknesses will be exposed rapidly.
- Hackers have already started trying to exploit the PHP flaw since it became public.
- The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) urged all PHP websites to update their systems immediately.
- Thousands of hacking attempts were recorded shortly before the flaw was publicly announced, rising to millions soon after.
- Security leaders say fixing all bugs quickly will be impossible because AI finds vulnerabilities much faster than humans.
- This situation marks one of the most serious software vulnerabilities ever discovered.
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