A new twist on the social engineering tactic is making waves, combining SEO poisoning and legitimate AI domains to install malware on victims' computers.
Multiple European law enforcement agencies recently disrupted Cryptomixer, a service allegedly used by cybercriminals to launder ill-gotten gains from ransomware and other cyber activities.
This campaign introduces a new variant that executes malicious code during preinstall, significantly increasing potential exposure in build and runtime environments, researchers said.
The regime's cyber-espionage strategy employs dual-use targeting, collecting info that can support both military needs and broader political objectives.
Researcher shows how agentic AI is vulnerable to hijacking to subvert an agent's goals and how agent interaction can be altered to compromise whole networks.
Researchers say Israel remains a central focus, with UNC1549 targeting aerospace and defense entities in the US, the UAE, Qatar, Spain, and Saudi Arabia.