PHP2Shell Shows the Risk of Legacy Web Infrastructure

PHP2Shell Shows the Risk of Legacy Web Infrastructure

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WeRSM (English), updated 25 October, an opinion piece by Marcel D. arguing that PHP2Shell shows how an old shared layer still puts the web at risk. It leans on TechCrunch for the facts: Amazon detected exploitation about a week before the public patches, Cloudflare saw an exponential rise in attempts after disclosure, and Palo Alto Networks and Trail of Bits later reported confirmed compromises and post-exploit activity. It says Calif found the flaws during a security audit and used AI as an aid in the exploitation work, and that the researchers' own explanation stressed their prior knowledge of PHP. The wider internet 'appears to have avoided the mass compromise many defenders feared'.

> TechCrunch also reports that Amazon detected exploitation about a week before the public patches became available, while Cloudflare saw an exponential increase in exploitation attempts after disclosure.

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