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A hacker's workstation showing an AI code assistant interface on one monitor and a network intrusion diagram on another, Russian-language system prompts visible
Ransomware

Aurora ransomware crew caught using Cursor AI to break into networks

Researchers at CloudSEK and Gambit Security independently tie a Russian-speaking gang to at least 10 intrusions built with help from an AI coding assistant backed by SpaceX.

4 min read
A laptop screen glowing in darkness shows streams of social media posts and chat messages flowing rapidly across multiple platform windows, with a VPN connectio
AI Security

OpenAI Cuts Off Russian Accounts Using ChatGPT to Fake Political Voices Online

A network hiding behind VPNs used the chatbot to churn out posts for a phony think tank called the International Burke Institute across Substack, Telegram, X and LinkedIn.

3 min read
Illustration: a dim dental clinic reception at night
AI Security

A Russian-speaking hacker turned Google's Gemini CLI into his botnet co-pilot

For roughly a year, an attacker chatted with Google's open-source AI tool to run malware on eight computers inside a dental clinic, migrate his servers, and troubleshoot bugs in six minutes flat.

4 min read
Illustration: an anonymous office desk at dusk, a laptop screen glowing with an out-of-focus generic corporate sign-in page
Identity & Access

Forg365: the new phishing kit built to hoover up Microsoft 365 logins

A fresh phishing-as-a-service operation uses AI to write the bait and a browser extension to keep the door open long after the theft.

4 min read
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