Google Just Exposed How Hackers Are Turning AI Into A Super Weapon
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Key Points:
- The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) revealed that hackers are exploiting AI programs, including Google's Gemini, to steal sensitive information, conduct surveillance, and develop new malware, highlighting emerging cybersecurity threats.
- AI's ability to rapidly gather and profile targets enables hackers to conduct more efficient reconnaissance and craft highly convincing phishing scams that mimic human communication, increasing the risk of successful attacks.
- Notable threat actors like UNC6418 and UNC2970 have used AI to target defense sector personnel and cybersecurity experts, with phishing kits such as COINBAIT designed to steal cryptocurrency credentials.
- Hackers are leveraging "agentic AI capabilities" to bypass typical safeguards and generate complex malicious code autonomously, exemplified by attempts to create AI-integrated
