Silicon Republic
AI helps uncover critical PHP flaw threatening 70pc of internet
Image: © Minerva Studio/Stock.adobe.com. These flaws rank among the ‘most severe vulnerabilities’ arguably discovered in software history, Wiz said. Several websites, from governments and other critical services, to businesses, were taken down yesterday (21 October), to fix a critical security flaw discovered using frontier AI models. PHP is a popular server-side scripting language designed for web development, used by nearly 70pc of websites globally.
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- Silicon Republic · 22-Oct-2026