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OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

Zenity said it found about 20 flaws in AI browser tools that could expose local files, password managers and shopping accounts.

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OpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according to new research presented today at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. The Atlas findings, from researchers at security firm Zenity, are part of a broad series of flaws the company discovered in leading AI-enabled web browsers and browser extensions, in…

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WhatsApp warning: AI agents can spam all your contacts — here’s how

Browser AI flaws let hidden prompts blast spam to all your WhatsApp contacts

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Could hackers use AI agents to spam your WhatsApp contacts? Here’s what researchers found

Researchers at security firm Zenity have discovered security flaws that allow OpenAI’s Atlas to be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts.

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OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.

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ChatGPT: Analysis of Chrome and YouTube Tabs Live

OpenAI pursues its strategy of integration rather than multiplication of products. A few weeks after abandoning the development of its Atlas browser, the company enriches the Chrome extension of ChatGPT as well as its desktop application with a series of features designed to make the assistant much more contextual. The objective is clear: let ChatGPT understand this [...] The ChatGPT article becomes smarter in Chrome: OpenAI improves its extensi…

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Wired broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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