{"id":"thehackernews-da19872bd8eb","seq":1111810,"kind":"news","title":"PHP2Shell Exploitation Hits Government Entity Amid Global Scanning and Signs of AI-Assisted Hacking","url":"https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/php2shell-exploitation-hits-government.html","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/thehackernews-da19872bd8eb","summary":"Threat actors have been observed using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for post-exploitation activity following the abuse of the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. \"In one case, the attackers targeted a government entity in Europe and within two hours of the initial exploitation they had successfully accessed password hashes and multi-factor","severity":null,"techs":["php"],"cves":["CVE-2026-109618","CVE-2026-109619"],"tags":["security"],"source":{"id":"thehackernews","name":"The Hacker News"},"published_at":"2026-10-25T17:19:46.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-25T18:27:50.811Z"}