74% of PHP Installations are unsecure, You should upgrade !
Anthony Ferrara, Google developer advocate, grabbed our attention this new year's eve with a blog showing over 78% of unsecure PHP installs ! That's pretty huge, especially if we know that...
PHPIDS, PHP-Intrusion Detection System for your Apps
While we are talking about unsecure PHP installations, we'll be sharing this week lots of tips and tricks about PHP security. If a PHP version is considered unsecure, it doesn't necessary...
Behind the Scenes of Wikipedia’s Migration to HHVM
As we have previously announced, Wikipedia migrated its platform to HHVM and we have found some interesting details on their experience posted by Ori Livneh in a Wikimedia blog post. Today...
Snuffleupagus, Experimental Security module for php7
Snuffleupagus is a PHP7 module designed to drastically raise the cost of attacks against websites. This is achieved by killing entire bug classes and providing a powerful virtual-patching system, allowing the...
INISCAN, The PHP ini scanner for best security practices
Since the PHPSecInfo is no longer updated, there is a similar tool which is recent, updated and could provides you with common security best practices for your PHP installations. Written by...
Phar deserialization Exploit in phpBB
RipsTech reported a Phar Deserialization to RCE in the most famous forum software phpBB3. The vulnerability allows attackers who gain access to an administrator account to execute arbitrary PHP code and...
What about relaunching the PHP Security Consortium?
The PHP Security Consortium was first launched in 2005, but since that date the initiative didn't see any new development even if it contributed with many interesting security resources to the...
Infection PHP 0.6.2 Released
Infection PHP is an AST based (Abstract Syntax Tree) PHP Mutation Testing Framework. From the documentation "Mutation Testing is a fault-based testing technique which provides a testing criterion called the Mutation...
PHP’s long standing security issue with OPCache leaking sensitive data Fixed
A very serious security issue that has been long standing with PHP have been quietly fixed without being noticed until it was submitted to the OSS security mailing list. The vulnerability...
Webinar : Protecting Web Apps with Secure Components
GlobalPlatform is hosting a free webinar to outline the privacy and security benefits that secure elements bring for the protection of web apps. This webinar will offer insight into its new...