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The race to fix huge PHP code flaw at the heart of the internet – The Latest

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Websites around the world have been taken offline as governments and businesses scramble to fix a flaw in the computer language PHP. There are fears that hackers could exploit the vulnerability to steal data, take control of web servers and disrupt services. Millions of attempts have already been made to attack websites since the issue

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PHP: Pretty Huge Problem with the internet – The Latest

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Websites around the world have been taken offline as governments and businesses scramble to fix a flaw in the computer language PHP. There are fears that hackers could exploit the vulnerability to steal data, take control of web servers and disrupt services. Millions of attempts have already been made to attack websites since the issue

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Prepare for more website shutdowns in the age of AI – but human inaction is the real culprit | Chris Stokel-Walker

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I’ve been banging the drum about these vulnerabilities for years. It will take more than a handful of exhausted developers to keep us safeParts of the internet are going dark. In the Netherlands, government websites, including its digital ID login service, have become unavailable. Finland has taken public services offline, and Wikimedia, the organisation behind

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Websites across world hit by millions of attempts to exploit PHP code flaw

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Problem in language that underpins 70% of sites has led governments and companies to pull sites offline to patch faultTell us: have you been affected by the PHP code flaw?Websites around the world have been hit by millions of attempts to exploit a recently discovered vulnerability in their code, cybersecurity companies have said, as the

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What are self-replicating ‘AI worms’, and why is Anthropic worried about them?

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The tech company says successful AI worms need more capability on less powerful devices, but current trends make that feasible by the end of the yearWarnings about what artificial intelligence might do in the future – together with alarming reports of what it has gotten up to already – are being issued so quickly that

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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?

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Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezersShortly before midnight last Sunday, the digital thermostats controlling hundreds of supermarket cold aisles across France began to flicker and rise.In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely

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Israeli firm’s digital ads enabling installation of ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

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Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of TorontoAn Israeli advertising agency has been serving millions of online adverts that allow “zero-click” spyware to be used against targets, researchers at a Canadian university have said.Citizen Lab, a digital investigations research unit at the University of Toronto,

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AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices

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Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrailsAnthropic is warning that some of its artificial intelligence models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices, such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners.Once this happens, the company said, the models could power themselves within these devices

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OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

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Exclusive: Revelation comes after company’s executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write messageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australian government advising that its AI agent had hacked into key departmental websites, Guardian Australia can

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OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers

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Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government faces significant “tech debt” that could bring a big bill for taxpayers after the OpenAI Medicare breach, as government agencies will need

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