Opinion
AI agents are a 'bane' for some website operators, says Cloudflare
The Register · By Simon Sharwood ·
The Brief
- Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says AI agents are a 'bane' for some website operators.
- Prince says nation-state actors and criminals likely exploited the PHP2SHELL vulnerability before its disclosure.
- Prince says PHP vulnerabilities like PHP2SHELL 'had been in the wild for years'.
Why it matters
If Prince's claim holds, PHP2SHELL may have been exploited well before disclosure, so PHP sites may have been exposed for longer than their disclosure window suggests.
Who’s affected
- Website operators
- PHP site operators
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Nation-state actors and criminals likely exploited the PHP2SHELL vulnerability before its disclosure, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. “These vulnerabilities, like the PHP vulnerabilities that were disclosed the other day, had been in the wild for years,” Prince said…