AI Found the Bug First. Then the Hard Part Began.
AI-assisted researchers found two critical flaws in PHP, the language behind almost 70% of websites, giving defenders about two months to prepare a fix. Then leaks, an early release and an unexplained attack attempt shrank that head start to hours. The episode shows AI speeding up both bug-finding and exploitation, and straining the people who write the patches.
In this episode
What the “PHP2Shell” flaws are and how Calif found them within days using AI
How the planned October 22 release unraveled through leaks and Chainguard’s early fix
Amazon’s report of an exploit attempt four days before…
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