Wiz says AI helped uncover decade-old PHP vulnerabilities

Wiz says vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language PHP had been present for more than a decade, but advances in artificial intelligence have made them quicker to understand and exploit. The cybersecurity company says AI is also giving defenders new ways to find and fix old weaknesses. [1]

Wiz said a single researcher used advanced AI models and tools to uncover the vulnerabilities in a week, work that it said would previously have taken a top team months. The company described the shift as changing how security flaws are found and exploited. [1]

It warned that AI could make exploiting vulnerabilities pay off sooner for cybercriminals, while also helping security teams address longstanding flaws. The report does not identify the vulnerabilities or provide details of their impact. [1]