PHP2Shell Exploit Attempts Hit Millions as Attackers Try to Deploy Mirai Malware
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Attackers made millions of unsuccessful attempts to exploit new PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to deploy a Mirai botnet variant, according to reported activity.
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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