Websites are Racing to Patch Software Powering Up to 70% of the Web as AI Uncovers Critical Flaws

Source: International Business Times

Jung Yeon-ye/AFP via Getty Images Artificial intelligence helped researchers uncover critical security flaws in PHP, the programming language that powers as much as 70% of the world's websites, triggering an urgent effort Wednesday to protect servers against potential attacks. The vulnerabilities, collectively called PHP2Shell, could let hackers run unauthorized code on affected systems without logging in. According to The Wall Street Journal, developers released emergency security updates on Wednesday and urged users to install them immediately.