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PHP Bugs: "Trust Me, Bro" Was the Only Evidence
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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: TechCrunch.
Hank LedgerTwo critical bugs in PHP, the programming language behind about seventy percent of the web-facing internet, nearly broke the internet, TechCrunch reports.
Dale BearmanBanks, retailers, hospitals and some government agencies took their servers offline to patch.
Dale BearmanAmazon says it saw attackers using one bug a week before the fixes even existed.
Hank LedgerA week before the fix. And how did the rest of us find out?
Dale BearmanA forum post said the flaws would be disclosed on a certain day and rated them a perfect ten.
Dale BearmanIts evidence, and I quote the poster, was 'trust me, bro'.
Hank LedgerBanks went offline over a stranger saying trust me.
Dale BearmanWorse. Researchers first found both bugs in twenty twenty-four, decided nobody could exploit them, and left them unpatched.
Dale BearmanPalo Alto counts twenty-two point six million exposed systems.
Hank LedgerSo the forum poster was right and the experts were relaxed. Give me the hashtag.
Dale BearmanHashtag trustmebro.
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