PHP2Shell Exploitation Hits Government Entity Amid Global Scanning and Signs of AI-Assisted Hacking

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Hacker News at 25 Oct, 17:19 UTC

Threat actors have been observed using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for post-exploitation activity following the abuse of the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. "In one case, the attackers targeted a government entity in Europe and within two…

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Sources

• T2PHP2Shell Exploitation Hits Government Entity Amid Global Scanning and Signs of AI-Assisted HackingThe Hacker News25 Oct, 17:19

Vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-109618
• CVE-2026-109619