{"id":"thehackernews-257599f0048e","seq":1950006,"kind":"breach","title":"PHP2Shell Attack Roots 25 Servers, Breaches U.S. Government-Affiliated Network","url":"https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/php2shell-attack-roots-25-servers.html","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/thehackernews-257599f0048e","summary":"Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what appears to be an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted attack orchestrated by a suspected China-nexus threat actor that has leveraged the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to breach exposed systems. The activity, which was observed on October 25, 2026, involved an attacker combining PHP2Shell with a kernel privilege escalation exploit to root","severity":null,"techs":["php"],"cves":[],"tags":["security"],"source":{"id":"thehackernews","name":"The Hacker News"},"published_at":"2026-10-28T16:02:45.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-28T16:21:51.293Z"}