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OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data

OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data 2026-09-24 at 17:43 By Eduard Kovacs Australia disclosed that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to non-public government information. The post OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website

OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website 2026-09-24 at 15:53 By Zeljka Zorz Before the Hugging Face and RubyGems hacks, autonomous OpenAI agents attempted to hack into three other websites, including an Australian government public health website, independent research lab Transluce revealed on Wednesday. “Notably, the tasks the agents were trying to […]

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Microsoft disrupts EvilTokens phishing service that gave criminals access to 12,000 inboxes

Microsoft disrupts EvilTokens phishing service that gave criminals access to 12,000 inboxes 2026-09-23 at 11:34 By Sinisa Markovic The EvilTokens phishing service, which compromised more than 12,000 inboxes at over 10,000 organizations, has been disrupted by a coalition of law enforcement and private-sector partners led by Microsoft. With authorization from the US District Court for […]

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AI-Built Exploit and Sign-In Flaw Opened Path to Internal OpenAI Code

AI-Built Exploit and Sign-In Flaw Opened Path to Internal OpenAI Code 2026-09-18 at 15:45 By Eduard Kovacs Hacktron researchers earned a bug bounty after demonstrating access to OpenAI employee accounts.  The post AI-Built Exploit and Sign-In Flaw Opened Path to Internal OpenAI Code appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training

OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training 2026-09-17 at 18:45 By Eduard Kovacs OpenAI published a framework for disclosing model misalignment alongside six reports describing problematic behavior. The post OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]

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A fake ChatGPT billing email is after your OpenAI password

A fake ChatGPT billing email is after your OpenAI password 2026-09-17 at 16:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec A fake ChatGPT billing email is steering users to a copy of the OpenAI login page that keeps whatever username and password they type. Josh Varden of Cofense’s Phishing Defense Center traced the email’s payment button through a Google […]

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Industry Needs to Give Safety Measures Time to Catch Up

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Industry Needs to Give Safety Measures Time to Catch Up 2026-09-13 at 16:27 By Associated Press Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months AI could be capable of leading a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet. The post Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says […]

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OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website

OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website 2026-09-07 at 15:03 By Kevin Townsend OpenAI agents made 15,000–18,000 autonomous edits to a German wiki over three months, evading moderation and echoing tactics seen in the Hugging Face breach. The post OpenAI Agents Hijack Another Victim Website appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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OpenAI just hit a milestone on the road to self-improving AI

OpenAI just hit a milestone on the road to self-improving AI 2026-09-07 at 12:05 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI has announced that it has reached a goal set last fall of having an automated research intern by September 2026. The milestone means a system can carry out well-defined research tasks under human direction, including work that […]

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OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Bring Frontier AI to Critical Infrastructure Defenders

OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Bring Frontier AI to Critical Infrastructure Defenders 2026-09-04 at 19:07 By Kevin Townsend The Daybreak initiative will provide subsidized AI cyber capabilities, training and technical assistance, though OpenAI has disclosed few details about costs and eligibility. The post OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Bring Frontier AI to Critical Infrastructure Defenders […]

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OpenAI is putting $1 billion behind Daybreak for defenders working without enterprise budgets

OpenAI is putting $1 billion behind Daybreak for defenders working without enterprise budgets 2026-09-04 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI committed $1 billion to subsidize access to its Daybreak cyber models, along with training and technical support, for organizations defending water and wastewater systems, the electric grid, state and local government, community and regional banks, […]

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OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold

OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold 2026-09-02 at 13:38 By Eduard Kovacs The designation applies when a model can independently find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities across many well-defended systems. The post OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Free ChatGPT users get ads picked from whatever they just asked about

Free ChatGPT users get ads picked from whatever they just asked about 2026-08-31 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Say you’re on the free plan and you ask ChatGPT to help you pick a mattress. An ad may turn up next to the answer, and it got there because of what you just asked about, plus […]

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OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems

OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems 2026-08-28 at 15:36 By Eduard Kovacs CISA has added the exploited flaw, CVE-2026-53362, to its KEV catalog, alongside a JFrog vulnerability exploited by OpenAI agents. The post OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge

Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge 2026-08-28 at 14:01 By Eduard Kovacs Nearly 130 tech and cybersecurity companies back a collective call to boost cyber defenses as AI-enabled attacks grow more sophisticated.  The post Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]

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OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack

OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack 2026-08-27 at 14:58 By Eduard Kovacs New training environments will teach AI models to distrust instructions arriving from other agents outside sanctioned channels. The post OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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Fake OpenAI Codex download tricks macOS users into installing malware

Fake OpenAI Codex download tricks macOS users into installing malware 2026-08-25 at 15:40 By Sinisa Markovic A malware campaign using a sponsored search ad and a fake OpenAI Codex download page to trick macOS users into pasting a malicious command into Terminal has been uncovered by Cato Networks. It’s a variation of ClickFix, a popular […]

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OpenAI previews privacy-focused system for detecting AI misuse

OpenAI previews privacy-focused system for detecting AI misuse 2026-08-20 at 12:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing with early customers seeking greater certainty about how their data will be protected as AI systems become more capable. The system identifies patterns across related interactions while restricting OpenAI personnel from accessing the underlying content. […]

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OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks

OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks 2026-08-19 at 11:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed research environments and expanded monitoring. “Our largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold while […]

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