23 October 2026 - 18:11

Category: IT Fail

Brilliant, More Urgent PHP Patching

The Dutch NCSC is probing critical PHP exploits that already forced entities to yank sites offline. Admins are told to patch immediately, as if anyone actually does.

Brilliant, More Urgent PHP Patching

Source: NL Times

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Severity: High Mood: Frustrating

Dutch government and commercial entities were reduced to hurriedly pulling websites offline because hackers began exploiting critical PHP flaws, as Dutch cyber officials now scramble to investigate. The NCSC cheerfully warns that AI might speed up attacks, urging weary system administrators to install security updates without delay to save our fragile skins. Why do we even bother running web servers when keeping ourselves safe from disaster demands rushing out panic patches before automated bots beat us to it? Just another Tuesday in IT.

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