Threat actors are weaponizing the OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) to deploy a backdoor and manage compromised devices remotely. The backdoor was discovered by Microsoft ...

On Monday, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers warned that an OpenAI API was being abused as a backdoor for malware. The researchers concluded that bad actors were using the novel ...

Microsoft uncovers a months-long campaign where threat actors used OpenAI’s legitimate API as a covert command-and-control channel, bypassing traditional detection methods. In a newly uncovered ...

A new backdoor uses an OpenAI API for command-and-control (C2) communications to covertly manage malicious activities within a compromised environment, demonstrating a unique way attackers can abuse ...