KidM to [email protected]English • 6 months agoHackers use PHP exploit to backdoor Windows systems with new malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.commessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkHackers use PHP exploit to backdoor Windows systems with new malwarewww.bleepingcomputer.comKidM to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoOk, so we are talking about exploiting a Windows machine running a webserver serving PHP. Just to calm people down, this doesn’t mess with your computer just because it runs Windows and you happen to look at a php site.
minus-square@wallybeavislinkEnglish5•6 months agoThanks for the tl;dr! These news sites really need to calm down
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-26 months agoOnly on Windows machines serving PHP using Chinese and Japanese language locales. And it’s already been patches some time ago. So the impact is pretty limited, yet a lot of news is being reported like the world is ending.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoDamn, I only skimmed the article, this is completely blown out of proportion
Ok, so we are talking about exploiting a Windows machine running a webserver serving PHP.
Just to calm people down, this doesn’t mess with your computer just because it runs Windows and you happen to look at a php site.
Thanks for the tl;dr! These news sites really need to calm down
Only on Windows machines serving PHP using Chinese and Japanese language locales. And it’s already been patches some time ago. So the impact is pretty limited, yet a lot of news is being reported like the world is ending.
Damn, I only skimmed the article, this is completely blown out of proportion