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Ransomware gang talked AI agents into doing much of its dirty work

The group behind the Aur0ra ransomware has been using AI agents to move through victim networks, collect credentials and work its way up to domain administrator access, according to Sophos.

Ransomware gang talked AI agents into doing much of its dirty work

AI-assisted intrusion workflow (Source: Sophos) The company, which tracks the group as GOLD OGRE, recovered artifacts from the Cursor AI coding assistant in late August that show the attackers handing the agents VPN logins, proxy access, targets and objectives.

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Reported by helpnetsecurity.com.

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