One of the biggest security scares to hit the web is causing widespread disruption, prompting businesses, hospitals, schools, and government agencies to temporarily shut down websites and online services as they scramble to protect themselves against two critical vulnerabilities in PHP , the programming language underpinning much of the internet. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed PHP2Shell , could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code on affected servers. Major technology companies have been racing to protect users, with Cloudflare deploying firewall protections and...

Source: The New Stack