Alexander Culafi reports: A threat actor deployed an AI model during a stalled cyberattack and rescued the campaign, achieving lateral movement in the process. The attack, detailed today by Symantec, targeted an unnamed US retail organization in September. The threat actor’s hand-typed commands were repeatedly blocked, so the attacker switched to what appeared to be...
Inside an AI Attack Against a US Retailer
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