PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet

Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet — and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare.

After PHP2Shell comes Node2Shell. Even with the same "~2Shell" name, the people who fix it and the places that can be blocked are different

On the same day that the patched version of PHP2Shell was released, Node.js also issued its regular security release. The ...
PC Magazine

Your Smart Fridge Might Host an AI Botnet (And Other Security News You Need to Know This Week)

From self-copying AI models hiding in your appliances to $9.6M Grindr privacy fines and supermarket cyberattacks, here is everything happening in cybersecurity. I've been writing and editing stories ...
The Atlantic

Invasion of the Self-Replicating AI-Malware Botnet

Have you ever counted the computers in your house? Tally them up now. I’ll wait. You’re probably including your desktop and laptop computers, if you own some. I bet you’re also including the ...
Tech Times on MSN

Beijing firm Integrity Technology Group hacked government email, built third-party portal

Integrity Technology Group hacking exposed: seven nations named the sanctioned Beijing cybersecurity firm that built a custom web portal granting unidentified third parties URL-based access to stolen ...
Justice

Justice Department and FBI Seize Vulnerability Scanning and Spear Phishing Tools Operated and Used by China-State Sponsored Hackers

“Flax Typhoon” Actors Associated with Integrity Technology Group Used “Microscan” and “FishHub” To Target Critical Infrastructure and Other Networks Today the Justice Department and FBI announced ...
Dark Reading

Carbonato Botnet Puts an AI Agent on Hacked Docker Hosts

A newly discovered Docker botnet is implanting AI agents onto compromised hosts in order to send stolen credentials back to the attackers. ThreatDown researchers recently uncovered Carbonato, a botnet ...
YAHOO!

Samsung and LG promise to remove malicious 'botnet' apps from their TVs' app stores — but the problem was even more widespread than I feared, according to security researchers

LG, Samsung, Roku and Fire TV televisions and devices may have been part of a malicious "botnet" — and millions of TVs could be affected, though LG and Samsung have committed to removing the relevant ...