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   Weaponized AI is making hackers faster, more aggressive, and more successful   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:13:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Hackers are using generative AI to improve the speed and quality of their   
   attacks, while simultaneously attacking enterprise AI.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   New research from CrowdStrike confirms that hackers are exploiting AI to help   
   them deliver more aggressive attacks in less time, with the tech also   
   democratizing lesser-skilled hackers to more advanced code.    
      
   However, besides this, they're also exploiting the same AI systems that are   
   being used by enterprises  according to CrowdStrike, hackers are targeting    
   the tools used to build AI agents, allowing them to gain access, steal   
   credentials, and deploy malware.    
      
   CrowdStrike is most worried about agentic AI systems, suggesting that they've   
   now become a "core part of the enterprise attack surface."   
      
   Attackers are honing in on enterprise AI   
      
   The security company says it observed "multiple" hackers exploiting   
   vulnerabilities in the tools used to build AI agents, which marks a major   
   shift from patterns of old. Until now, humans have almost always been the   
   primary entry point into a company, but now, CrowdStrike is worried that   
   "autonomous workflows and non-human identities [are] the next frontier of   
   adversary exploitation."    
      
   "Were seeing threat actors use GenAI to scale social engineering, accelerate   
   operations, and lower the barrier to entry for hands-on-keyboard intrusions,"   
   Head of Counter Adversary Operations Adam Meyers explained.    
      
   Funklocker and SparkCat are two examples of GenAI-built malware in the real   
   world, while DPRK-nexus Famous Chollima has also been observed using   
   generative AI to automate its insider attack program across all phases.   
   Scattered Spider, a group believed to consist of UK and US nationals, even   
   managed to deploy ransomware within 24 hours of accessing systems.    
      
   "Adversaries are treating these agents like infrastructure, attacking them    
   the same way they target SaaS platforms, cloud consoles, and privileged   
   accounts," Meyers added.    
      
   Still, even though technologies like AI are playing an increasing role in   
   speeding up attacks, CrowdStrike found that four in five (81%) interactive   
   intrusions were malware-free  relying on human hands on keyboards to stay   
   undetected.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/weaponized-ai-is-making-hackers-faster-   
   more-aggressive-and-more-successful   
      
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