UK working to identify exposure after global cyber-security warning

The UK government is assessing whether its online services are exposed to critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language used by a significant number of websites worldwide. The UK National Cyber Security Centre and counterparts in the EU and Australia urged organisations to install fixes, or take vulnerable systems offline if they cannot be secured immediately. Amazon reported an attempted exploit against one of its honeypot systems on 17 October, followed by further attacks on 21 October after details of the flaws leaked on social media. Amazon security chief CJ Moses said the varied anonymisation methods used in the later attacks suggested multiple actors were involved.