To everyone who, while not having studied it professionally, has ended up being seen as the 'computer-savvy person' in the office and getting asked all sorts of questions ...

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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.

PHP Foundation 'under-funded' with one full-time staff member, director says

The PHP project is receiving nearly twice as many proposed code changes as a year ago, yet ​the number of contributors hasn't doubled, Elizabeth Barron said.

PHP is in the foundation of 70% of websites – here’s what it is and why a flaw in the software is a major hacking threat

A cybersecurity researcher explains how a flaw in widespread software makes millions of websites vulnerable to hackers – and ...
GitHub

Patched PHP 7.4 for Synology DSM 6.2 (PHP2Shell)

Unofficial drop-in replacement for the Synology PHP7.4 7.4.30-0009 package on DSM 6.2 x86_64. It fixes PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 / CVE-2026-109619) and backports 90 other PHP security fixes, so older ...

What to know about the AI-detected security bug impacting wide swaths of the internet

The language that’s known as the backbone of the internet is now subject to what experts are calling the one of the most ...

What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?

A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch ...

A basic explanation of the 'critical' PHP vulnerability

The cybersecurity issue does not impact everyday consumers' phones or devices but rather the popular websites they may use.
PAROOL

Why the attack on PHP is taking down half the internet: ‘This is huge’

One website after another is going offline due to vulnerabilities in the programming language PHP. Criminals are said to have already launched their first cyberattacks. It is a disaster, as 70 percent ...
BBC

Websites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued

International governments and agencies have urged websites to address two critical cyber-security flaws in a programming language which powers much of the internet. The vulnerabilities were found ...
Wired

‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire

Internet security and web administration teams around the world are scrambling to prevent widespread disaster. On Wednesday, the developers behind the much-used PHP programming language released ...
Houston Chronicle

What to know about critical PHP vulnerability threatening Internet

Two major cybersecurity vulnerabilities have put websites across the internet at risk, including sites built with the popular content management systems WordPress and MediaWiki, as well as many ...