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AI-Assisted HTTP Terminator Finds Novel HTTP Desync Techniques and Apache Zero-Day

lowthehackernewsPublished 2026-08-07

PortSwigger says HTTP Terminator, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted research system built by James Kettle, generated and proved new HTTP desynchronization techniques after exploring 30,000 candidate attack vectors.

PortSwigger said a separate human-guided discovery cascade also exposed a zero-day in Apache Traffic Server. Kettle said HTTP Terminator tested 30,000 websites where scanning

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Original source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/ai-assisted-http-terminator-finds-novel.html