Google’s threat hunters have flagged a troubling milestone: the first known instance of a zero-day exploit likely discovered and weaponized using an artificial intelligence model. What began as an obscure Python script has been linked to a coordinated effort by cybercriminals to develop a two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass that could be scaled for mass exploitation. The disclosure underscores how AI
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When Money Talks and Machines Mimic: Ransomware, Extortion, and the AI Arms Race in Cybersecurity
The landscape of cyber threats has shifted decisively toward financially motivated crime. Extortion and ransomware now drive more than half of attacks with known motivations, as opportunistic criminal groups scale operations with automated tooling and AI. Speed, automation, and deception combine to inflict outsized damage on vulnerable organizations and public services. Why extortion and ransomware dominate Ransomware and extortion target