Hackers got a four-day head start on epic PHP2Shell vulnerability
22 October 2026 at 15:25
Amazon has warned that vulnerabilities in a programming language that underpins much of the Internet, discovered using AI tools, are being βbroadly exploitedβ as governments and companies rush to secure their systems.
The worldβs largest cloud computing provider on Wednesday said it had identified an attempt by hackers to exploit the bug four days before the weakness was disclosed to the public.
Amazon added the flaws were βnow being broadly exploited in the wild.β


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