00:00AI just helped uncover a critical security flaw hiding in plain sight for years.
00:05And the discovery was serious enough that several European government websites were
00:09taken offline.
00:10Here's what happened.
00:11The problem lies in PHP.
00:13Never heard of it?
00:14Well, you probably use it every day without knowing it.
00:16Created in the 1990s, PHP is a programming language used by nearly 70% of the websites
00:22worldwide.
00:22It runs on web servers, where it helps put together the content you see on the website
00:26in your browser.
00:27It handles things behind the scenes, like processing logins, managing shopping carts,
00:31or loading content from databases.
00:33Now, cybersecurity researchers used AI to uncover critical flaws in how PHP handles memory errors.
00:39When PHP runs out of memory, a bug can leave behind a corrupted internal state, instead
00:44of cleaning up properly.
00:45Hackers could trigger this error by sending specially crafted requests to a website.
00:49By exploiting the flaw, they could potentially access sensitive information, or even execute
00:54malicious code on the server.
00:56And they wouldn't even need a password.
00:57PHP developers have already released security patches.
01:01But experts say some outdated systems could remain vulnerable for months.
01:05Among all the experts said, we get as many questions.
01:05All the media.
01:05Let's go.
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