AI

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2025
AI attack agents are accelerators, not autonomous weapons: the Anthropic attack

Why today’s AI attack agents boost human attackers but still fall far from becoming real autonomous weapons. Anthropic recently published a report that sparked a lively debate about what AI agents can actually do during a cyberattack. The study shows an AI system, trained specifically for offensive tasks, handling 80–90% of the tactical workload in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2025
Anthropic: China-backed hackers launch first large-scale autonomous AI cyberattack

China-linked actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and run cyberattacks in a sophisticated 2025 espionage campaign using advanced agentic tools. China-linked threat actors used Anthropic’s AI to automate and execute cyberattacks in a highly sophisticated espionage campaign in September 2025. The cyber spies leveraged advanced “agentic” capabilities rather than using AI only for guidance. Attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2025
Germany’s BSI issues guidelines to counter evasion attacks targeting LLMs

Germany’s BSI warns of rising evasion attacks on LLMs, issuing guidance to help developers and IT managers secure AI systems. Germany’s BSI warns of rising evasion attacks on LLMs, issuing guidance to help developers and IT managers secure AI systems and mitigate related risks. A significant and evolving threat to AI systems based on large […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2025
Agentic AI in Cybersecurity: Beyond Triage to Strategic Threat Hunting

With a 4M cybersecurity worker shortage, agentic AI helps SOCs move beyond triage, enabling proactive security once thought impossible. With a deficit of 4 million cybersecurity workers worldwide, it’s no surprise that most SOCs are still stuck in triage mode. That’s why agentic AI is stepping in to fill the gap. And this boost to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2025
AI chat privacy at risk: Microsoft details Whisper Leak side-channel attack

Microsoft uncovered Whisper Leak, a side-channel attack that lets network snoopers infer AI chat topics despite encryption, risking user privacy. Microsoft revealed a new side-channel attack called Whisper Leak, which lets attackers who can monitor network traffic infer what users discuss with remote language models, even when the data is encrypted. The company warned that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2025
Google sounds alarm on self-modifying AI malware

Google warns malware now uses AI to mutate, adapt, and collect data during execution, boosting evasion and persistence. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warn of a new generation of malware that is using AI during execution to mutate, adapt, and collect data in real time, helping it evade detection more effectively. Cybercriminals increasingly use AI […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2025
Google Big Sleep found five vulnerabilities in Safari

Google’s AI agent, Big Sleep, helped Apple discover five WebKit flaws in Safari that could lead to browser crashes or memory corruption. Google’s AI agent Big Sleep helped Apple discover five WebKit flaws in Safari that could lead to browser crashes or memory corruption if exploited. Big Sleep is an AI agent developed by Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2025
Ukraine sees surge in AI-Powered cyberattacks by Russia-linked Threat Actors

Russia-linked actors use AI to craft phishing and malware attacks against entities in Ukraine, says SSSCIP. Russian hackers increasingly use AI in cyberattacks against Ukraine, the country’s State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) reported. Beyond AI-generated phishing, some malware samples now show AI-generated code. In H1 2025, Ukraine recorded 3,018 cyber incidents, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2025
ForcedLeak flaw in Salesforce Agentforce exposes CRM data via Prompt Injection

Researchers disclosed a critical flaw, named ForcedLeak, in Salesforce Agentforce that enables indirect prompt injection, risking CRM data exposure. Noma Labs researchers discovered a critical vulnerability, named ForcedLeak (CVSS 9.4), in Salesforce Agentforce that could be exploited by attackers to exfiltrate sensitive CRM data through an indirect prompt injection attack. The vulnerability only impacts organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2025
Google Pixel 10 adds C2PA to camera and Photos to spot AI-generated or edited images

Pixel 10 adds C2PA to camera and Photos, helping users verify authenticity and spot AI-generated or altered images. Pixel 10 integrates C2PA Content Credentials into the camera and Photos, allowing users to verify whether images are real or AI-generated, or edited. The company announced the integration of the new feature during the Made by Google […]