Hackers Pushing Innovation in AI-Enabled Hacking Operations, Google Says

The Google Threat Intelligence Group said its proactive measures stopped a "mass exploitation event."

Hackers are rapidly adopting AI to find previously unknown software flaws even without the help of Anthropic's powerful Mythos model.

Google researchers announced Monday that cybercriminals recently used an artificial intelligence model to help create a dangerous zero-day vulnerability capable of exploiting computer networks at scale, marking what experts say is a major turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. A “zero-day” vulnerability is a hidden flaw or weakness in software that hackers discover before the company or public knows it or has a fix available. It’s c…

For the first time, Google says it has spotted and stopped a zero-day exploit developed with AI. According to a report from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), "prominent cyber crime threat actors" were planning to use the vulnerability for a "mass exploitation event" that would have allowed them to bypass two-factor authentication on an unnamed "open-source, web-based system administration tool." Google's researchers found hints in the Pyt…

Incident adds to worries the risks AI poses to cybersecurity

Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group’s attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company’s previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry AI’s risks for cybersecurity. Google shared limited information the attackers and the target, but John Hultquist, chief analyst at the tech giant’s threat intelligence arm, said it represents a momen…

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