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DFace NewsBitcoin Core developers merged a policy change that ends the embargo for vulnerabilities a chatbot could independently rediscover. The move follows a summer where AI tools identified hundreds of bitcoin bugs before human developers did. Why it matters: As AI becomes more capable of finding code weaknesses, open-source projects like Bitcoin Core may need to rethink how they balance security researc…
Source: CoinDesk
DFace NewsFor developers and site owners, the era of relying on patches to fix every bug may be ending. This week, researchers used AI to uncover a severe flaw in the PHP programming language, a tool running on millions of websites, that may have gone unpatched for years. The discovery has sparked warnings from executives, including Sam Altman, who said Thursday that we can no longer expect to patch all bug…
Source: The Guardian
DFace NewsMillions of attempts to exploit a newly discovered PHP vulnerability have hit websites worldwide, according to cybersecurity firms. The flaw, which emerged Wednesday, could let attackers seize control of servers, steal data, or disrupt services, the US warned. In response, governments and companies have taken sites offline to apply patches. PHP underpins roughly 70% of the web.
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Source: The Guardian
DFace NewsIf you run a website using PHP, attackers had a head start before a fix was ready. Amazon Threat Intelligence reports that hackers tried to exploit the PHP vulnerabilities days before they were patched. Amazon's chief information security officer, CJ Moses, says the company's security team spotted a PHP2Shell exploit attempt on October 17th through a monitoring system that baits hackers.…
Source: The Verge
