Binance founder urges users to avoid visiting websites due to critical PHP vulnerabilities

Binance exchange founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) emphasised the need to completely refrain from visiting any web resources in the near future. According to him, there is currently an elevated risk of accessing sites that have already been compromised by malicious actors or are under active attack.

Critical threat to the global web

The basis for this warning was the discovery of two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language. This technology underpins the operation of almost all websites and web services worldwide. Malicious actors have gained the ability to remotely seize control of servers without the need to enter a username and password.

The severity of these security holes is rated at 9.2 out of 10. Infrastructure company Cloudflare has already recorded millions of attempts to exploit these vulnerabilities. As a result, thousands of resources worldwide are at risk of being taken offline.

Recommendations for users

Given the mass nature of the attacks, CZ advises refraining from accessing any resources for the next few days.