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PHP security crisis live — all the latest news as issues affect websites across the world

By Mike Moore Last updated

PHP issues are affecting websites across the globe - we're covering the latest news and updates as it happens.

Security
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PHP releases emergency fixes as some of the world's biggest websites say they were targeted by hackers

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

PHP urges organizations to deploy the fixes immediately, as threat actors start abusing the php2shell bug

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Wikipedia was down for many— here's what we know about the outage

By Mark Wilson Last updated

Thousands of Wikipedia users reported that the site was down for them today— here's what we know about the outage.

Websites & Apps
Cloud, networking and internet
Website admins across the world bracing for impact following major PHP flaw reveal

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

PHP notifies the community of two critical RCE flaws, says patch is coming imminently.

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A Microsoft exec has admitted that the Windows 11 design team is using AI

By Darren Allan Published

An admission that 'AI has helped our design team' hasn't gone down well with some Windows 11 users.

Windows
Data leak
State Bank of India reports cyberattack — thousands of customer records affected, here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Someone leaked thousands of user records online, including many belonging to SBI customers.

Security
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AI 'antidetect' browsers are making scams, fraud, and influence operations harder to spot

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Browsers designed to help agencies are being abused to launch scam campaigns at scale.

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Nvidia RTX 6060 GPU could be a long way off, and may fall short of the PS6

By Darren Allan Published

If you're waiting for Nvidia's next affordable GPU, you might have to be very patient indeed.

GPU
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The dark side of 'free' mobile games — how developers reverse-engineer your patience to milk ad revenue

By Efosa Udinmwen Published

Block Blast reportedly earned $127 million from ads, but an investigation uncovered code allegedly manipulating difficulty, player profiling, and incentives to watch ads.

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A nightmare scenario for supermarkets: Hidden daily passwords and command injection flaws leave thousands of Danfoss supermarket systems open to remote takeover

By Efosa Udinmwen Published

Claroty researchers found 2,765 publicly accessible Danfoss refrigeration systems and three vulnerabilities involving hidden passwords, command injection, and web server manipulation.

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