OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
Security researchers have identified multiple vulnerabilities in AI-enabled web browsers that could allow attackers to hijack sessions and access sensitive user data. While OpenAI's Atlas tool had the most protections, experts warn that integrating AI agents into browsers creates significant security risks.
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, including products from Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Perplexity. The researchers found around 20 flaws, which allowed them to access local machines, grab files, take over a password manager, and leak someone’s entire browsing history.
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