OpenAI fashions going rogue, the primary documented agentic ransomware operation, and an emergent AI-driven provide chain risk made for a packed July roundup<\/p>\n

With July coming to a detailed, ESET Chief Safety Evangelist Tony Anscombe<\/a> appears to be like again at a few of the high cybersecurity tales that made the information over the previous month and gives insights that they might maintain to your personal cyber-defenses. This is a few of what caught Tony’s consideration this month:<\/span><\/p>\n

OpenAI fashions went rogue<\/a> and autonomously broke into AI collaboration platform Hugging Face in what OpenAI described as “an unprecedented cyber incident”.<\/span><\/li>\n
Researchers at Sysdig<\/a> have documented what they assess to be the primary case of an end-to-end ransomware operation executed by an agentic risk actor. The corporate named it JADEPUFFER<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n
Cybercriminals are benefiting from a brand new massive language mannequin (LLM)-driven assault vector referred to as “phantom squatting<\/a>” by buying domains linked to official manufacturers, then utilizing them to intercept visitors directed there by AI techniques.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What can organizations do to cease phantom squatting from harming their manufacturers, and what different classes do these incidents maintain for defenders? <\/span>Watch Tony’s video to seek out out and remember to try the <\/span>June 2026<\/span><\/a> version of his month-to-month safety information roundup for extra insights.<\/span><\/p>\n
Earlier than you go, study concerning the first AI-powered ransomware, named PromptLock<\/a> and found by ESET researchers final yr. To study extra about cutting-edge AI protection layers, learn the AI at ESET<\/a> white paper.<\/p>\n
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