PHP security flaws trigger global scramble; CERT-In flags vulnerabilities
BENGALURU: It has been a difficult day for cybersecurity, with critical vulnerabilities in PHP triggering an urgent global patching effort, millions of
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BENGALURU: It has been a difficult day for cybersecurity, with critical vulnerabilities in PHP triggering an urgent global patching effort, millions of
There were few, if any, reports of widespread damage by hackers exploiting PHP flaws, experts said, one day after officials warned of severe vulnerabilities.
From July 21st to August 11th, two employees from METR and Redwood Research conducted a “pilot” to stress test the system, and METR published a high-level overview of their findings, as reported by CNBC. One exploit would have allowed agents to “prevent hundreds of recent actions (including the actions involved in the exploit itself) from being monitored.” OpenAI “has stated” that the vulnerabilities identified “that impact their production safeguards stack” have been patched, METR says. [Link: Red-Teaming OpenAI's Internal Agent Monitoring Systems | https://metr.org/blog/2026-10-22-red-teaming-openai-agent-monitoring/ | METR]