Decipher Security Podcast
Decipher Security Podcast
Decipher Security Podcast·Oct 23, 2026·29m

PHP2Shell and a Big CA Compromise

Show notes

This week was a tale of two stories: the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities and the compromise of several certificates issued by CA eMudhra in India.
Timestamps00:00 — A wild week in security news02:50 — PHP vulnerabilities and the disclosure drama08:07 — Why coordinating an embargo is so difficult10:02 — Preparing for the PHP patches11:29 — The PHP bugs make national headlines13:44 — Inside the researchers’ PHP vulnerability analysis15:56 — Exploit risk, patching, and the long tail18:06 — Cloudflare’s mitigation and the response so far21:44 — Compromised certificate authority keys23:37 — Revoking certificates and restoring trust25:07 — The hidden infrastructure behind internet security28:11 — “We have a problem here” — shout-out to Wayne29:22 — What’s coming next