AI-THREAT

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Sep
One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

August 8, 2026 It would be easier to track North Korea's state-linked cyber activity if it all
7 min read
27
Aug
Ship First, Secure Later: AI Productivity Tools Are Outrunning Their Own Guardrails- 300

Ship First, Secure Later: AI Productivity Tools Are Outrunning Their Own Guardrails- 300

August 10, 2026 In the first half of 2026 alone, ESET's researchers catalogued nearly 900,000 distinct "
7 min read
27
Aug
The Student Becomes the Weapon: Inside China's Program to Distill Western AI Into Military Tools- 299

The Student Becomes the Weapon: Inside China's Program to Distill Western AI Into Military Tools- 299

August 12, 2026 Every major AI lab distills its own models as a matter of routine — it is how a
4 min read
27
Aug
Hands Off the Wheel: China's Shift to Autonomous AI-Run Cyberattacks- 298

Hands Off the Wheel: China's Shift to Autonomous AI-Run Cyberattacks- 298

August 12, 2026 For most of the last decade, the phrase "AI-assisted hacking" meant a human operator
6 min read
03
Aug
When the Operator Became the Model: JadePuffer and the Collapse of Ransomware's Skill Floor- 274

When the Operator Became the Model: JadePuffer and the Collapse of Ransomware's Skill Floor- 274

5July 7, 2026 For the first time, a security research team has documented a ransomware operation whose entire technical execution
6 min read
25
Jul
When the Attacker Stops Being Human: Two July 2026 Cases Mark the Shift to AI-Operated Offensive Cyber Campaigns- 273

When the Attacker Stops Being Human: Two July 2026 Cases Mark the Shift to AI-Operated Offensive Cyber Campaigns- 273

July 7, 2026 In early July 2026, two reports landed within days of each other, and together they mark a
3 min read
21
Jul
Past the Perimeter: Why Identity, Not Exploits, Now Drives Ransomware- 261

Past the Perimeter: Why Identity, Not Exploits, Now Drives Ransomware- 261

July 17, 2026 For three consecutive years, unpatched vulnerabilities held the dubious distinction of being ransomware's most common
2 min read
19
Jul
When "unauthorized AI app" becomes an SEC disclosure category of its own- 247

When "unauthorized AI app" becomes an SEC disclosure category of its own- 247

May 12, 2026 A community bank operating across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia has filed an SEC disclosure over an
3 min read
19
Jul
ClawSwarm proves you can hijack an AI agent without writing a single line of malware- 244

ClawSwarm proves you can hijack an AI agent without writing a single line of malware- 244

April 29, 2026 Thirty seemingly ordinary AI agent skills, published by a single anonymous author and downloaded nearly 10,000
3 min read
19
Jul
The offense-defense balance in cyber has a shelf life, and CNAS just estimated it- 229

The offense-defense balance in cyber has a shelf life, and CNAS just estimated it- 229

May 6, 2026 Cybersecurity has operated for years on a comfortable, if uneasy, assumption: AI-driven detection tools favor defenders,
3 min read