PHP2Shell attacks began four days before patches, Amazon says, as attempts hit millions - SiliconANGLE

PHP2Shell attacks began four days before patches, Amazon says, as attempts hit millions - SiliconANGLE

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SiliconANGLE, 22 October: Attackers began targeting the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities four days before the patches, Amazon disclosed, and exploit attempts seen by Cloudflare have since climbed into the millions. It says PHP's maintainers shipped fixes on Wednesday after details leaked, and that the bugs had sat in PHP's code for years until an August audit financed by OpenAI used an AI model to show they could be exploited.

> Attackers began targeting the critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities four days before patches were released, Amazon.com Inc. has disclosed, while exploit attempts seen by Cloudflare Inc. have since climbed into the millions.

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