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AI accelerates discovery and exploitation of critical PHP vulnerabilities

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AI tools are increasingly impacting cybersecurity, with one instance showing AI identifying critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language faster than human researchers. These vulnerabilities, dubbed PHP2Shell, could allow remote command execution on servers. While the initial intent was to keep these flaws secret until patched, information leaked, leading to their exploitation. This highlights how AI can accelerate both the discovery and exploitation of security flaws, transforming the landscape of cybersecurity. AI

IMPACT AI is rapidly changing cybersecurity by accelerating vulnerability discovery and exploitation, potentially leading to faster patching but also enabling more sophisticated attacks.

RANK_REASON AI tools are being used to find and exploit software vulnerabilities, and an Xbox executive commented on the importance of AI for game developers.

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AI accelerates discovery and exploitation of critical PHP vulnerabilities

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Čeština(CS) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 This week, web developers SWEATED – AI found a critical bug in PHP, the programming language powering most of the web, while humans had not yet discovered the vulnerability

    🤖 Tenhle týden se webaři PĚKNĚ ZAPOTILI – AI totiž našla kritickou chybu PHP, programovacím jazyce pohánějícím většinu webu, přičemž než lidi odhalené zranitelnosti zalátali, info o nich leaknulo a zahájilo HACKOVÁNÍ ROTYKU! 💩 Vo co go – mašiny jsou poměrně dobré při ODHALOVÁNÍ B…

    LINKS m.facebook.com/login.php m.facebook.com/login.php
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🙀 Xbox business manager says devs not using AI shouldn't "be in the business of being a business" – because he "vibe coded a bad but improvable game in 2 days"

    🙀 Xbox business manager says devs not using AI shouldn't "be in the business of being a business" – because he "vibe coded a bad but improvable game in 2 days" "If you’re a game developer refusing to believe that AI has a place in your future, you should not be in the business of…

    LINKS gamesradar.com/…/xbox-business-manager-sa…

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