07 August 2026 - 12:51
Category: IT Fail
AI finds 30,000 ways to break the web.
PortSwigger's AI tool HTTP Terminator created 30,000 HTTP desync vectors, uncovering an Apache zero-day. Fantastic, now AI is doing the breaking for us as well.
Source: The Hacker News
The Full Story
Because human-made bugs were apparently not keeping us busy enough, PortSwigger unleashed an AI tool called HTTP Terminator that generated 30,000 request desync attack vectors. Automated scans promptly exposed 700 vulnerable target systems across global web infrastructure and unearthed a brand-new zero-day vulnerability lurking inside Apache. To protect ourselves from this automated chaos, administrators must scramble to apply the newly released Apache patch and secure their vulnerable web infrastructure before the bots find them.