Credit where it’s due to AI for uncovering the PHP flaw – and discredit to the leaker | Letters
TL;DR
David Gibson says the problem is that details of the flaw were revealed before it was fixed, while Charles MacKinnon notes that we are at the mercy of technology we don’t understand Chris Stokel-Walker may be right (The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? , 22 October), but the real issue lies elsewhere.
Nauti's Take
Small development teams should test AI-assisted code analysis on old, rarely used, security-sensitive paths and reproduce every finding before acting on it. Before adopting a tool in production, verify what code leaves your environment, how false positives are handled, and whether the provider supports a credible vulnerability disclosure process.
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