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Equity podcast digs into the PHP Black October scare

TechCrunch's Equity crew explains how AI-assisted bug hunting surfaced decade-old PHP flaws behind much of the web.

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Last updated: October 26, 2026 1:20 am
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Researchers at OpenAI and Google-owned Wiz used AI to find critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the open-source language running roughly 70 percent of websites, including WordPress, WooCommerce and Magento installs. This Equity episode walks through the scramble to patch, why AI-powered bug hunting may make internet-wide scares routine, and what Elon Musk’s choreography says about a possible Tesla and SpaceX combination.

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TAGGED:AI bug huntingcybersecurityopen sourcePHPpodcast
SOURCES:TechCrunch
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