Matthew Prince / @eastdakota : Cloudflare's Matthew Prince says PHP2Shell exploit attempts on its network rose from thousands in the 10 hours before the disclosure to millions afterward — Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions now.
Cloudflare's Matthew Prince says PHP2Shell exploit attempts on its network rose from thousands in the 10 hours before the disclosure to millions afterward (Matthew Prince/@eastdakota)
In short
Matthew Prince, a cybersecurity expert at Cloudflare, has revealed a dramatic rise in PHP2Shell exploit attempts on the company's network following the disclosure of the vulnerability. The number of attempts increased from thousands in the 10 hours preceding the announcement to millions within the first two hours after the disclosure.
Key points
- Matthew Prince, a cybersecurity expert at Cloudflare, has reported a significant increase…: Matthew Prince, a cybersecurity expert at Cloudflare, has reported a significant increase in PHP2Shell exploit attempts on the company's network.
- The number of attempts rose from thousands in the 10 hours preceding the announcement to…: The number of attempts rose from thousands in the 10 hours preceding the announcement to millions within the first two hours after the disclosure.