The NSA has issued an urgent directive to organizations using PHP, warning them to either apply critical security patches or risk taking their systems offline. The alert follows the discovery of vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language, identified through artificial intelligence tools. The flaws pose a significant threat to systems relying on PHP, prompting the agency to emphasize immediate action. Organizations are advised to prepare for updates addressing the newly exposed risks.


The National Security Agency (NSA) warned organizations Wednesday to immediately patch a pair of security flaws or take their systems offline after artificial intelligence discovered vulnerabilities in a key programming language. "Effective Immediately, all organizations using PHP for their systems are advised to be prepared for an update addressing two critical vulnerabilities," the NSA's cyber...