AI agents are a 'bane' for some website operators, says Cloudflare
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Nation-state actors and criminals likely exploited the PHP2SHELL vulnerability before its disclosure, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. “These vulnerabilities, like the PHP vulnerabilities that were disclosed the other day, had been in the wild for years,” Prince said on the company’s third quarter earnings call.
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- TechnologyAI agentAn AI model that acts on its own: it plans steps, uses tools and takes actions, not just answers.
- ConceptAPT · Advanced persistent threatA well-resourced hacking group, usually tied to a government, that runs long, targeted campaigns.
- TechnologyPHPA programming language that powers a large share of websites, including WordPress.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.