Cloud services firm Cloudflare saw millions of exploitation attempts after the public disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language PHP, CEO Matthew Prince said in a post on X late on Wednesday. “In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it….
Criticial PHP flaws exposed in what is being termed ‘Black October’. (Photo by Boitumelo on Unsplash) Genghis Technology is urging South African businesses to confirm with their web hosts and developers this week that their websites have been updated after the PHP project released emergency fixes for two critical security flaws. The vulnerabilities, tracked as…
Dado Ruvic/Reuters OpenAI has determined that one of its upcoming models is so capable it requires additional safety measures before it can be launched. The model, called Astra, can spot more security vulnerabilities than the most advanced OpenAI model publicly available today, company officials told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday. Astra also needs…
AARTO may have the opposite effect to what was intended. (Source: Freepik.) Motorists could lose their driver’s licences when the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO) rolls out nationally, not because they’re dangerous drivers, but because critical technological flaws leave the system vulnerable to errors, corruption and outdated data. “I feel that the…
Oracle said customers of its E-Business Suite of products “have received extortion e-mails”, confirming a warning first issued on Wednesday by Google. In a blog post, the California-based tech company said its investigation found that hackers had made potential use of previously identified software vulnerabilities and urged customers to upgrade their products. Oracle did not…
