AI ransomware

AI Wrote This Ransomware Crew’s Tools. Stolen Passwords Got It In.

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Cyber Insurance News story on AI ransomware showing a brick workshop at dusk, its roller door partly open with warm light spilling out and a ring of keys hanging from the lock

AI-built ransomware is one of the most talked-about fears in cyber risk. SOCRadar’s researchers found a working example with the lights on and published what they saw. The AI wrote the tools. Weak and stolen passwords opened every door SOCRadar could trace. Credit to SOCRadar‘s Threat Research Unit. In September, it found a server left … Read more

Defense Just Lost Its Head Start. Ask A Hospital What That Costs.

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An AI agent ran a ransomware attack in July with nobody at the keyboard. When its first login failed, it read the error and corrected itself in seconds. Shelterzoom’s CEO says that becomes standard practice in months, not years. The AI did not need a human at the keyboard. Chao Cheng-Shorland, co-founder and CEO of … Read more

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