Two critical bugs in the PHP web programming language, used by the majority of the internet, threatened to upend the internet — and it's unlikely to be the last major software scare.

The PHP project is receiving nearly twice as many proposed code changes as a year ago, yet ​the number of contributors hasn't doubled, Elizabeth Barron said.

The internet is underpinned by a programming language that is easily exploited. Here’s how to stay safe online.

On the evening of October 21, 2026, while browsing the web between tasks, a headline caught my eye: "A critical vulnerability ...

Authorities in Europe, Asia and other continents have temporarily taken some government websites offline to protect against newly discovered security vulnerabilities in a programming language used to ...

Critical PHP flaws forced European government websites offline. Learn which PHP versions need patches and what IT teams should do.

The PHP project released PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 on October 21, 2026, security releases that fix two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution and ...

Some organizations have temporarily taken websites and online services offline rather than leave potentially vulnerable ...

OpenAI says its AI models helped uncover the critical PHP security flaws that have websites across the internet scrambling.

PHP may not be a household name, but the programming language, released over 30 years ago, powers a large share of websites ...

The HackerNoon library is now ranked by reading time created. Start learning by what others read most. The Future of Gaming ...

Meta now lets you connect Muse to your own hardware to put on your displays or a Raspberry Pi. Meta now lets you connect Muse to your own hardware to put on your displays or a Raspberry Pi. is a ...