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Are OpenAI's ChatGPT Actions Being Abused To Scan For Web Vulnerabilities?


Long-time Slashdot reader UnderAttack explains: A blog post at the SANS Internet Storm Center suggests that OpenAI actions are being abused to scan for WordPress vulnerabilities. Honeypot sensors at the Storm Center detected scans for URLs targeting WordPress that originated exclusively from Ope...

Long-time Slashdot reader UnderAttack explains: A blog post at the SANS Internet Storm Center suggests that OpenAI actions are being abused to scan for WordPress vulnerabilities. Honeypot sensors at the Storm Center detected scans for URLs targeting WordPress that originated exclusively from OpenAI systems. Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D. , Dean of Research, SANS.edu, wrote that OpenAI seems to be scanning random IP addresses — including honeypots.

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