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New Threat Emerges as Attackers Leverage Grok and Copilot to Evade Security Monitoring

Gbhackers •Divya • February 19, 2026

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AI Assistants Exploited as Covert Command-and-Control Channels AI assistants like Grok and Microsoft Copilot can be exploited to serve as covert command-and-control (C2) channels for cybercriminals. These platforms can be manipulated to fetch attacker-controlled URLs, allowing malicious traffic to blend into normal enterprise communications. This tactic enables threat actors to relay commands to infected machines and exfiltrate stolen data. 11 sources 26

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