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's Detection and Response Team (DART) has reported on a backdoor malware called 'SesameOp' that exploits the OpenAI API, the developer of ChatGPT and other applications. Researchers say that ...

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 ...

SesameOp malware uses OpenAI’s Assistants API as a covert command-and-control channel It enables persistent access, runs commands, and exfiltrates data via encrypted API traffic Microsoft urges ...