Frontier AI models have already demonstrated they can autonomously — and in some cases, inadvertently — conduct end-to-end compromises, but the situation will become more urgent very soon.
Threat actors behind the "Phantom Deal" campaign are studying companies in extreme detail, aiming to dupe midlevel employees into initiating large financial transfers.
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the latest antics of ShinyHunters to new research about the prevalence (or lack thereof) of AI-generated malware.
The incident demonstrates how frontier AI agents can dramatically compress an attack timeline and coordinate a large-scale breach, according to researchers.
The "Spring Ring" operation aims to compromise users of the collaboration suite to remotely access their sessions, spread malware, and even take over infrastructure.
Threat actors exploited commodity vulnerabilities in ownCloud to gain initial access, resulting in stolen reactor databases, personnel records, and credential stores.
Some security researchers have observed an uptick in insider-assisted ransomware attacks, but malicious insiders pose other threats that cost companies millions.
The attacks targeting CVE-2026-0768 are the latest threat against the low-code AI development platform, which is receiving more attention from adversaries this year.
In one attack, threat actors stole an API key that ultimately led to the consumption of $600,000 in public AI model credits for the security nonprofit.