Tech Giants Race To Patch Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Affecting Web Systems

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Amazon (AMZN) is one of several tech giants helping to respond to serious security flaws in PHP, an open-source software that powers a large share of websites and web apps.

For anyone following Amazon stock, the story is a look at how Amazon’s security work plays out in the real world.

The two flaws are known together as “PHP2Shell” and researchers say hackers could use them to run malicious code on affected servers.

Not every PHP site is necessarily at risk, but the software is so widely used that concern is significant.

Amazon said its threat intelligence team spotted exploitation attempts before the flaws were made public. It used a system…