The anime image board Danbooru experienced a week-long outage due to a security incident where an attacker exploited a vulnerability to upload a malicious Flash file. This file contained an XSS worm that attempted to steal user IP addresses and hijack accounts. The site's maintainers, including owner Evazion, worked to restore service and implement significant security upgrades, noting that the attackers likely used LLMs to discover the exploit. The vulnerability was introduced via a pull request that inadvertently re-enabled Flash uploads, a bug that had previously prevented such malicious content. AI
IMPACT LLMs are being used by attackers to find vulnerabilities, necessitating faster adoption of AI for code auditing and security.
RANK_REASON The article discusses a security incident and subsequent restoration of a specific website, highlighting the use of LLMs in the attack and defense.
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