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AI Agent Exploits Langflow RCE to Automate Database Ransomware Attack

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27 Jul
JadePuffer: The First Complete LLM-Driven Ransomware Attack

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1 Jul
AI-Generated Browser Ransomware Abuses Chromium API on Windows and Android

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27 Sept
OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website

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3 Oct
In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

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6 Jul
The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the

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24 Jul
Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry

A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended "YOLO" mode to automate post-exploitation activity during an alleged breach of Thailand's Ministry of Finance.

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12 Jun
Agentjacking Attack Tricks AI Coding Agents Into Running Malicious Code

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