Threat Actors Exploit Exposed AI Inference Endpoints for Offensive Operations
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Alexander Culafi
Summary
Between March and May 2025, Zenity researchers observed three distinct campaigns where threat actors exploited exposed Ollama and LiteLLM inference endpoints to leverage organization-owned AI agents for offensive operations. The attacks don't require full-scale compromise or authentication — attackers only need to know the location of an exposed endpoint. This emerging attack vector allows adversaries to use enterprise AI infrastructure as free compute resources for malicious activities, including generating phishing content, conducting reconnaissance, and powering other automated attacks.
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· 3 pulledWhat's most fascinating about this attack vector is that it doesn't require a full-scale compromise, just knowledge of an exposed endpoint.
Attackers exploit the inference endpoints that...
Attackers don't need any special authentication to reach a target endpoint — they just need to know where it is.
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