PHP2Shell Exploit Attempts Hit Millions as Attackers Try to Deploy Mirai Malware
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PHP2Shell Exploit Attempts Hit Millions as Attackers Try to Deploy Mirai Malware

The Hacker News · Oct 23, 2026

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PHP2Shell Exploit Attempts Hit Millions as Attackers Try to Deploy Mirai Malware
Security October 23, 2026

Threat actors have been observed unsuccessfully attempting to exploit the newly disclosed PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to rope infected systems into a Mirai botnet variant called Potassium, as it emerges that weaponizing the flaws may be harder than previously thought. The attacks aim to exploit CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (CVSS scores: 9.2), which can result in unauthenticated remote

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