PHP2Shell shows AI speeding up both attack and defense
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On October 22, 404 Media analyzed the PHP2Shell incident, saying AI is speeding up vulnerability discovery, exploit development and patching, which shrinks the time defenders have to respond to disclosure. Researchers at Wiz, Calif and OpenAI reportedly used AI to find the PHP vulnerabilities, and some websites were temporarily taken offline to update. The analysis also notes that faster discovery and fixing does not mean patches reach every company faster. Speeding up actual deployment remains a complex problem and is the defensive challenge the incident exposed.
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404 Media analyzes how the PHP2Shell episode shows AI accelerating vulnerability discovery, exploit development and patching, shrinking the window defenders have to respond to disclosure. Researchers at Wiz, Calif and OpenAI used AI to find the PHP flaws, and some sites went offline temporarily to update. Whether fixes reach every company faster remains a complicated question.
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