PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet

Two newly exploited PHP vulnerabilities briefly put a huge share of the web at risk, forcing organizations across banking, retail, healthcare, government, and digital media to accelerate patching or take systems offline. For CIOs and technology leaders, the incident is a reminder that widely used open-source infrastructure can become a systemic business risk overnight, making asset visibility, rapid patch orchestration, and dependency management core IT priorities rather than just security concerns.