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Attackers Expose Ongoing AI Tool Use Targeting Organizations in Latin America

Explore how attackers targeting Latin American entities use AI for data exfiltration and how basic OpSec errors allow defenders to disrupt operations.

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An AI-Assisted Cyber Attack: Inside a Unit 42 Investigation

Using autonomous AI agents, an attacker breached an enterprise network in a matter of hours. Understand how to address and defend against agentic attacks.

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The Frontier AI Vulnerability Burst: Industrializing Autonomous Zero-Day Discovery in Open-Source Software

Frontier AI is reshaping vulnerability discovery. Learn how our NOVA system found 14,000+ unknown vulnerabilities across the open-source software supply chain.

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OpenClaw’s Skill Marketplace and the Emerging AI Supply Chain Threat

Unit 42's analysis of ClawHub revealed evasive malicious skills bypassing automated scanners to deploy infostealers and execute agentic financial fraud.

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Pickle in the Middle – Hijacking Vertex AI Model Uploads for Cross-Tenant RCE

Unit 42 discovered a Vertex AI Python SDK vulnerability that allows remote code execution via bucket squatting. Read the article for more.

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Out of the Crypt: The Evolving Cyber Extortion Economy

Unit 42 explores trends in data theft and extortion, outlining key strategies for organizations as frontier AI models advance.

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Tracking TamperedChef Clusters via Certificate and Code Reuse

Unit 42 analyzes TamperedChef malware clusters that use trojanized productivity apps and malvertising to deliver stealthy payloads to targets.

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That AI Extension Helping You Write Emails? It’s Reading Them First

Unit 42 uncovers high-risk AI browser extensions. Disguised as productivity tools, they steal data, intercept prompts, and exfiltrate passwords. Protect your browser.

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Fracturing Software Security With Frontier AI Models

Unit 42 finds frontier AI models enhance vulnerability discovery, acting as full-spectrum security researchers. They enable autonomous zero-day discovery and faster N-day patching.

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A Deep Dive Into Attempted Exploitation of CVE-2023-33538

CVE-2023-33538 allows for command injection in TP-Link routers. We discuss exploitation attempts with payloads characteristic of Mirai botnet malware.

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When an Attacker Meets a Group of Agents: Navigating Amazon Bedrock's Multi-Agent Applications

Unit 42 research on multi-agent AI systems on Amazon Bedrock reveals new attack surfaces and prompt injection risks. Learn how to secure your AI applications.

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Double Agents: Exposing Security Blind Spots in GCP Vertex AI

Unit 42 uncovers a "double agent" flaw in Google Cloud's Vertex AI, demonstrating how overprivileged AI agents can compromise cloud environments.

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