Google’s AI-powered security system known as Big Sleep identified a critical vulnerability in SQLite and blocked hackers from exploiting it before any damage occurred.
Cataloged as CVE-2025-6965, the flaw was an undisclosed zero-day that had not been publicly revealed. Google stated it was the only organization to detect the issue, using its advanced AI platform, which not only uncovered the weakness but also predicted that it was likely to be weaponized.
How Google worked with humans and AI to stop these hackers
According toGoogle, its threat intelligence teamobserved subtle indicators suggesting an imminent exploit attempt. Although analysts could not immediately isolate the precise weakness, they relayed the preliminary signals to Big Sleep for deeper analysis. From there, the AI examined the codebase and uncovered the vulnerability that attackers were preparing to target.
The bug, which affects SQLite versions before 3.50.2, enables attackers to manipulate SQL statements capable of...
Google Says AI Agent Thwarted Exploitation of Critical Vulnerability
SecurityWeek
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Google says its Big Sleep AI agent recently discovered a critical SQLite vulnerability and thwarted threat actors’ efforts to exploit it in the wild.Big Sleep, an AI agent developed by Google’s DeepMi...
