The ‘year of AI’: 2026 sees influx of ransomware attacks

Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack

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Why this fully agentic ransomware attack is giving researchers nightmares

JadePuffer could be the first reported case of a ransomware attack driven by AI from start to finish. How can businesses respond?

AI Agent Exploits Langflow RCE to Automate Database Ransomware Attack

Security firm Sysdig says it has found what it believes is the first ransomware attack run from start to finish by an AI agent. Its Threat Research Team calls the operator JADEPUFFER and says a large language model handled the whole job: breaking in, stealing credentials, moving deeper into the network, then encrypting and wiping a company's production database. Ransomware has always

Researchers say an AI agent just ran a ransomware attack from start to finish, with no human at the keyboard

Ransomware has always needed a skilled human somewhere in the loop. Security firm Sysdig says that just changed. It has documented what it calls the first ransomware attack run from start to finish by an AI agent, with no human at the keyboard. The researchers named the attacker JADEPUFFER, and say a large language model [] This story continues at The Next Web

AI increases the dangers of phishing and cyberattacks, says Dutch data authority

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing the risks of phishing and cyberattacks, and organizations need to immediately take action to get their cybersecurity in order,