{"id":23217,"date":"2026-10-22T05:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=23217"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:09:55","slug":"websites-down-what-is-php-and-how-has-it-raised-ai-hacking-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=23217","title":{"rendered":"Websites down: what is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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It can be a responsible measure to protect systems while security updates are applied,\u201d said Dimitrios Salampasis from Australia\u2019s Swinburne University of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>So far \u201cthe evidence that security researchers are seeing is that nobody was actively performing attacks using the techniques available\u201d, Kerrison said.<\/p>\n<p>Larger institutions, from government agencies to news outlets, should be able to fix their websites relatively quickly \u2014 but others may be left vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are sites, systems and people out there who will have no idea about this and still won\u2019t for days, weeks and months,\u201d Kerrison warned.<\/p>\n<p>That may include user-run blogs that could be used to spread computer viruses, spam people or distribute malicious content.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Could there be other consequences?<\/p>\n<p>A data breach could affect customers in the future if their personal information is used in so-called \u201cphishing\u201d attacks, where someone is tricked into revealing their password to an online service.<\/p>\n<p>The complex and interlinked nature of online systems, which often use third-party interfaces, means some vulnerabilities could remain even after the problem is fixed.<\/p>\n<p>If the third parties use PHP, \u201cthen even though you patched yourself\u2026 you\u2019re still unsecure\u201d, said Rahat Masood, senior lecturer in cyber security at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>PHP isn\u2019t everything, however \u2014 strong cybersecurity measures should include several layers of defences, Kerrison said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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