PHP bugs are back, and AI is both the problem and the fix
A decades-old programming language is now a cybersecurity crisis after AI found a way to exploit it.
The story
The US government warns that hackers are exploiting critical PHP web bugs, which were recently patched but had been dormant for years. The vulnerabilities, now actively exploited, pose a major risk to websites and servers.
Source: techcrunch.com
Our reading
The US government is now warning that hackers are exploiting critical PHP bugs, which were initially uncovered two years ago but only became usable after an AI model found a way to exploit them. It’s like a long-dormant issue that only wakes up when someone invents a new way to poke it.
PHP, which powers 70% of web servers, is now the latest in a long line of aging tech that’s being forced to play catch-up with modern threats. The irony is that the same AI that found the exploit is now being used to fix it, like a dog chasing its own tail while barking at the moon.
It’s not just a security issue—it’s a reminder that even the oldest code can become a crisis when the tools to break it evolve faster than the tools to protect it. And no one’s buying a new programming language, not even the government.
