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Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today

Expect to see quite a few websites serving "404" or "Page Not Found" errors today: Nearly 70 percent of websites need to update their core software to fix a pair of vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to seize full control over affected servers. Experts say there are working exploits for the flaws, and that these critical bugs are already being exploited in the wild.

What happened

Expect to see quite a few websites serving "404" or "Page Not Found" errors today: Nearly 70 percent of websites need to update their core software to fix a pair of vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to seize full control over affected servers. Experts say there are working exploits for the flaws, and that these critical bugs are already being exploited in the wild.

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1 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent

  1. Krebs on SecurityPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
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Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust88
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence35
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude100
Market relevance74
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency100
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.757
Freshness factor0.9964
Breaking bonus8