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2026-10-22 Cyber

Government [PHP] websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-22 00:21|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [99 views ] Top

1 Cloudflare sees millions of exploit attempts after PHP disclosure

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-22 00:23|| 2026-10-22 00:23|| Front Page Top

2 I never trusted php. On my website logs (in the old days when I had to work for a living) I always saw hackers looking for it. For so many hackers to be looking for it as if it was some kind of a vulnerability made me think that it really is some kind of a vulnerability.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-10-22 14:05|| 2026-10-22 14:05|| Front Page Top

3 Sorry. I know that Rantburg uses php. I'm just relating my observations. I see that CERT issued a security advisory on Oct 20 in regards to php. But, as I recall from the old days when I worked as the sys admin of a web server, CERT used to issue such advisories about php on a regular basis.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-10-22 14:12|| 2026-10-22 14:12|| Front Page Top

4 Why be sorry, my dear? You are a subject matter expert relaying your own experience.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-10-22 20:40|| 2026-10-22 20:40|| Front Page Top

5 A lot of the issues concern PHP log ins, which rantburg.com doesn't have.

Our main worry at ranturg concerns sql injections and ssh login attempts.

Posted by badanov 2026-10-22 20:46|| 2026-10-22 20:46|| Front Page Top

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