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a critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today. Admins are preparing for emergency patches, with estimates suggesting that more than 1.3 million internet-connected hosts are likely affectedRead original on X
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Critical PHP vulnerability puts 1.3 million hosts at risk
Admins are preparing emergency patches for a flaw in the runtime that powers a huge share of the web, and early reports suggest many operators will not move fast enough.
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I notified a friend working at a big tech corporate about the PHP vulnerability as their entire infrastructure runs on PHP He answered "Thanks, I'll try patch it in a few days as I'm Out of Office (OOO) now" And this is a modern tech company, imagine the traditional companies running PHP People won't update fast enough and the vulnerability will be out in the wild once the patch hits as anyone can reverse engineer it based on the patch Considering this, there's gonna be so many sites hacked and so much user data exposed I think 🤯Read original on X
It's only an imperfect STOP GAP solution Safest is to just not have your PHP site have any access until it's patchedRead original on X
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