PHP security vulnerability found by AI: why websites went offline and what to do next
PHP-Sicherheitslücke von KI entdeckt: Warum Webseiten offline sind und wie es weitergeht | NANO
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AI found a serious security vulnerability in the widely used programming language PHP, triggering a global alert: before a security update was available, details of the vulnerability had already been made public, and many website operators, fearing attacks, took their sites offline as a precaution. The NANO program invited Hasso-Plattner-Institut security researcher Christian Dörr to explain how such vulnerabilities arise, the risk to personal data, and why fixing them as soon as possible is crucial.
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