Wiz CTO Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities in Internet Infrastructure

29 Oct 2026, 12:35 am · 11h ago · 1 min read · TechCrunch AI

Cybersecurity firm Wiz is warning of broad security risks across internet infrastructure following critical vulnerabilities identified in PHP, an open-source programming language underpinning an estimated 70% of websites globally. Dubbed PHP2Shell, the critical bugs forced enterprise engineering teams and online organizations worldwide to scramble for emergency patches, with several taking web services temporarily offline to mitigate remote exploit risks. Wiz leadership highlighted that aging open-source codebases continue to pose severe systemic cybersecurity threats to enterprise web architecture unless underlying legacy dependencies are systematically upgraded, actively monitored, and thoroughly patched against emerging threat vectors.