Researchers used frontier AI to reveal a long-dormant PHP flaw used across many websites

Summary

A podcast episode discusses a vulnerability in PHP, an open-source coding language used on roughly 70% of the world's websites, which had lain dormant for a long time and could have led to disaster if exploited. The article says the researchers only grasped the bug's full extent through frontier AI models. The episode features two staffers at the cybersecurity firm Calif, CEO Thai Duong and engineer Bruce Dang, whose firm was among the first to discover the flaw.

Timeline

1. Bloomberg

   30 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTCSource ↗

   Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast reports that cybersecurity researchers found a long-dormant PHP vulnerability earlier this year, understood its extent only through frontier AI models, and interviews Calif CEO Thai Duong and engineer Bruce Dang about cybersecurity in the age of AI.