Two high-risk PHP vulnerabilities were exploited by hackers before they were publicly disclosed, affecting approximately 70% of the world's internet systems.

Amazon's threat intelligence team discovered that hackers attempted to exploit two PHP security vulnerabilities before they were publicly disclosed on October 17. Palo Alto Networks found vulnerabilities in over 22.6 million instances worldwide, and Wiz researchers estimate the vulnerabilities affect approximately 70% of the internet. Matt Hull, Vice President of Cyber Intelligence and Response at NCC Group, warned that some systems may have already been implanted with backdoors. (Source: Bloomberg)