US Cybersecurity Agencies Urge Immediate Fix for Bug Threatening Millions of Websites
'Craziest day in cyber security in a long time,' said Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke, as millions of attempts to exploit the flaws have already been detected.
TL;DR
- Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in the PHP programming language.
- PHP is used by approximately 70 percent of the world's websites.
- The NSA and CISA have urged organizations to install security patches immediately.
- These vulnerabilities, nicknamed "PHP2Shell," could allow hackers to take control of web servers.
- The NSA highlighted the serious risks, requiring immediate patching for U.S. government departments and agencies.