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Benedict Collins

'This is the tip of the iceberg': Google experts say they have seen hackers using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day for the first time

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  • GTIG spotted threat actors using AI to identify and exploit a zero-day
  • The vulnerability allowed for two-factor authentication bypass
  • AI is capable of 'reading' developer intent, and can 'see' how hardcoded exceptions relate to security enforcement

Threat actors are leveraging AI at a new scale, marking a shift from small-scale AI-assisted attacks to ‘industrial-scale’ attacks, including using AI to discover and exploit a zero-day - the first recorded instance of its kind.

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