PHP Vulnerability: Websites Worldwide Taken Offline as a Precaution
Vulnerabilities that had existed for years have been discovered in the popular programming language PHP, which powers millions of websites. They are difficult to exploit, but the companies Cloudflare and Palo Alto Networks are recording millions of attack attempts. A patch has been released, but it only works on the latest version of PHP, so older websites require an update. Experts describe the situation as 'the cyber equivalent of an unexploded bomb'.
Sevara Azamova