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PHP2Shell Patch Lag: Millions of Scans a Day as Fixes Still Roll Out

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In brief One week after PHP2Shell, mass scanning runs at millions of attempts a day while vendors still ship fixes and unpatched sites stay exposed. Cloudflare chief executive Matthew Prince said attempts on Cloudflare’s network rose from thousands before disclosure to millions afterward, according to Reuters coverage. Most observed activity so far is scanning for … Read more