---
id: 6142
title: "Can AI do novel security research? Meet the HTTP Terminator"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/research/can-ai-do-novel-security-research"
published_at: "2026-08-06T14:59:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "agentic-ai", "vulnerability-research", "black-hat", "web-security", "http-desync", "request-smuggling", "autonomous-agents"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6142"
lang: en
---

# Can AI do novel security research? Meet the HTTP Terminator

## Summary

James Kettle's Black Hat USA 2026 research: the HTTP Terminator, an autonomous system that invented novel HTTP desync triggers and exploited banks, security products and government infrastructure.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2026-08-06T14:59:00Z
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/research/can-ai-do-novel-security-research
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6142