Russian hacker uses multiple AI tools to break hundreds of firewalls

A low-skilled threat actor was able to do a lot with the help of AI, Amazon researchers warn.
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AI Let ‘Unsophisticated’ Hacker Breach 600 Fortinet Firewalls, AWS Says, As AI Lowers ‘The Barrier’ For Threat Actors

Hackers use AI, GenAI and LLMs to breach Fortinet FortiGate firewalls as cybersecurity and threat actors leverage AI for cyber-attacks, AWS report finds.

AI helps novice threat actor compromise FortiGate devices in dozens of countries

Generative AI tools analyzed target networks and wrote exploit code, enabling an opportunistic attacker to have an outsized ...
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600+ FortiGate Devices Hacked by AI-Armed Amateur

A Russian-speaking hacker used GenAI to breach the FortiGate firewalls, targeting credentials and backups for possible ransomware follow-on attacks.

What happens when you fine‑tune Windows 11 with Sophia Script? A lot.

Windows 11 feeling bloated? Sophia Script lets you reshape the OS from the inside out. Here's how it works.
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‘Arkanix Stealer’ Malware Disappears Shortly After Debut

The Arkanix Stealer malware can collect and exfiltrate system information, browser data, VPN information, and arbitrary files ...

APT37 hackers use new malware to breach air-gapped networks

North Korean hackers are deploying newly uncovered tools to move data between internet-connected and air-gapped systems, spread via removable drives, and conduct covert surveillance.
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AfDB, UNDP Launch $10Bn AI Initiative for Africa

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched an ambitious $10 billion project to support the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) ...