{"id":666,"date":"2026-01-18T08:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/how-many-states-are-there-in-the-united-states-sun-jan-18th\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T08:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:06:32","slug":"how-many-states-are-there-in-the-united-states-sun-jan-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/how-many-states-are-there-in-the-united-states-sun-jan-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"“How many states are there in the United States?”, (Sun, Jan 18th)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve seen many API requests for different LLMs in the honeypot logs.<\/p>\n

Like this one:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The prompt is always the same:\u00a0“How many states are there in the United States?”.<\/p>\n

This is recon to find open LLMs. Not necessarily to exploit them, but to use them.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, something similar has been reported in the news: “Hackers target misconfigured proxies to access paid LLM services<\/a>“<\/p>\n

Make sure your LLMs are not exposed to the Internet without authentication.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Didier Stevens
\nSenior handler
\nblog.DidierStevens.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https:\/\/isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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