The move is due to vulnerabilities found in widely used PHP software, which acts as the primary back-end backbone of the web.
Governments, companies take websites offline over PHP flaws
Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security flaws in PHP, a programming language that powers a large share of the internet.
Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble
Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language that sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.
What is PHP and why did it take government websites offline?
The developers of PHP said they would release patches for two critical vulnerabilities.
Report: Kakao is shutting down Tapas webtoon platform
Korean entertainment giant Kakao is shutting down Tapas, their North American webtoon platform, leaving creators and readers devastated
Italian hosting collective Autistici/Inventati is shutting down after a US terrorist designation
A US sanctions listing cost the 25-year-old Italian collective its .org domain, its payment processor and its bank within a week.
‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire
The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire consequences.
Kakao Entertainment Plans to Shut Down Tapas and Kakao Webtoon, Moving Their Content to KakaoPage
Three services become one.
Gina Peter Banyard (@Girgias@phpc.social)
@whitequark@treehouse.systems The only thing I can say is that the only mitigation is patching / upgrading PHP. I sadly know too much.
PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet | Wiz Blog
Core PHP engine flaws enable remote code execution and Heartbleed-style memory disclosure across the web.
Kakao Entertainment to Shut Down Tapas Webtoon Platform in North America Five Years After $809.6 Million Acquisition
Kakao Entertainment is shutting down Tapas, the North American webtoon platform it acquired in 2021 as part of a roughly ₩1.1 trillion investment designed to establish a stronger foothold in the regio
Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web - Neustadt.fr
We are quietly replacing an open web that connects and empowers with one that restricts and commoditizes people. We need to stop it.
Chris Silverman 🌻 (@csilverman@mastodon.social)
Nothing puts the lie to "PHP is irrelevant" like "good morning, 70% of the internet needs to be fixed ASAP".
The Web We Have to Save
The rich, diverse, free web that I loved — and spent years in an Iranian jail for — is dying. Why is nobody stopping it?
The story of this blog so far: 'AI', the death of web dev, and feeling like an outsider
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
shitposts aside, this one is serious, my loves: if you’re just waking up and you have any service online running PHP 5.4 to latest, you need to take it down RIGHT NOW and don’t put it back online until after it’s patched absolutely catastrophic vulnerability dropped in the middle of the night
