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This week in AI: AI models helped researchers find PHP2Shell, two critical flaws in PHP that let anyone take over a web server with one request. Details leaked before the fix, attackers were probing four days early, and attack attempts are now in the millions. Updated 2026-10-23
Millions of Attacks, 1.5M Servers Unpatched on Day One
AI models helped researchers find PHP2Shell, two critical flaws in PHP that let anyone take over a web server with one request. Details leaked before the fix, attackers were probing four days early, and attack attempts are now in the millions. Governments across Europe took sites offline. Below: what happened, what AI did on both sides, what to do today, and the other AI security stories from this week, including rogue AI agents....