RESEARCH · RESEARCH · #2750
Wiz CTO Tomer Schwartz on PHP2Shell, AI-driven vulnerability discovery, and a potential 'vulnpocalypse'
On TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Wiz CTO Tomer Schwartz recounted the emergency response to recent critical PHP (PHP2Shell) bugs — a joint effort involving OpenAI, research group Calif, and the PHP team — and warned that AI is speeding the discovery and exploitation of novel vulnerabilities, making manual patching unsustainable.
KEY POINTS
- On TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Wiz CTO Tomer Schwartz recounted the emergency response to recent critical PHP (PHP2Shell) bugs — a joint effort involving OpenAI, research group Calif, and the PHP team — and warned that AI is speeding the discovery and exploitation of novel vulnerabilities, making manual patching unsustainable.
- It highlights how AI can materially accelerate discovery and exploitation of software vulnerabilities, stressing systemic security and patching challenges for widely used PHP infrastructure.
- Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’
WHY IT MATTERS
It highlights how AI can materially accelerate discovery and exploitation of software vulnerabilities, stressing systemic security and patching challenges for widely used PHP infrastructure.