A Strategic Plug Pull - Lessons From a Global Patch-and-Panic Fire Drill
A newly uncovered PHP vulnerability put nearly 70% of the internet at risk, sending governments and enterprises into a frenzy as AI-powered attackers raced to exploit a flaw that had lurked unnoticed for 14 years. Hear why this could be just the start of an unrelenting wave of security crises. • We take a detailed look at the many facets and aspects of last week’s wild PHP ride: • What happened. • How it happened. • Why it happened. • How it could have been prevented. • How it impacted many of our listeners. • We consider the implications of what is said to be coming next and the idea of temporary “strategic disconnection” from the Internet Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1102-Notes.pdf Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Steve Gibson Security Now episode 1102 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1102 Sponsors: • http://threatlocker.com/twit • http://doppel.com • http://hoxhunt.com/securitynow • http://originhq.com/securitynow • http://material.security Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: https://grc.com/ also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekintech/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.