From The Straits Times · · 40s
Cloudflare sees millions of exploit attempts after PHP disclosure
Cloudflare reports millions of exploit attempts following PHP security flaws.
In brief
Cloudflare reports millions of exploit attempts following PHP security flaws. Cloudflare saw millions of exploit attempts after PHP's critical vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed on Oct 21, prompting urgent fixes and temporary outages for European and Japanese websites. Originally reported by The Straits Times.
PHP vulnerability disclosure
PHP developers released urgent fixes for critical flaws on Oct 21 after AI uncovered long-hidden vulnerabilities.
“PHP developers released urgent fixes to vulnerabilities that had been lurking in their software for years until they were uncovered using AI, saying all users were "encouraged to update immediately".”
Cloudflare exploit surge
Cloudflare saw thousands of exploit attempts before PHP disclosure, jumping to millions within hours of the announcement.
“In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions now.”
Global website outages
European and Japanese websites went offline temporarily as operators applied security fixes after PHP vulnerability disclosure.
“Japanese lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said it was temporarily suspending some internet services due to emergency measures.”
The main idea
Cloudflare saw millions of exploit attempts after PHP's critical vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed on Oct 21, prompting urgent fixes and temporary outages for European and Japanese websites.
