{"id":390519,"date":"2026-10-22T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-ai-helping-or-harming-cyber-security-amid-the-php-hacking-attempts-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:00:27","slug":"is-ai-helping-or-harming-cyber-security-amid-the-php-hacking-attempts-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-ai-helping-or-harming-cyber-security-amid-the-php-hacking-attempts-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AI helping or harming cyber-security amid the PHP hacking attempts | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zHzEshHcjLk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is AI helping or harming cyber-security amid the PHP hacking attempts | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zHzEshHcjLk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Cyber-security experts have used AI tools to uncover a major flaw in the programming language behind many websites, known as PHP. That has led governments, businesses and other organisations around the world scrambling to fix the problem, with many sites going dark. Analysts say hackers have made millions of attempts &#8211; using AI &#8211; to try to exploit the problem. <\/p>\n<p>We hear from cyber researcher Ryan Austin, who discovered the PHP flaw, and ask our tech correspondent about the power and danger of AI. <\/p>\n<p>Also in the Global News Podcast:  <\/p>\n<p>07:23 We hear from Arab-Israeli voters &#8211; also known as Palestinian citizens of Israel &#8211; as Israel prepares for its first general election since the Hamas attacks of 7th October 2023. Polls show that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rivals have an easy path to forming a coalition government. 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