Cybercrime

08
Sep
Abstract network topology with a rapid wave of green light sweeping across nodes, symbolising an AI-driven ransomware intrusion compressing attack timelines

AI Agents Compressed a Ransomware Attack to Under 10 Hours

Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 documented a ransomware intrusion completed in under 10 hours by AI agents — work that would typically take a skilled human operator two weeks. The attackers even left behind an 80-page AI-generated security audit of the victim's environment.
5 min read
26
Aug
A dark neon-lit digital storefront with broken chains and AI model icons displayed as products behind cracked glass, symbolising jailbroken AI access

Kriminal: The $12.99 Jailbreak Storefront Exposing AI Safety Limits

A clearnet criminal AI service called Kriminal resells jailbroken access to Grok, Claude, and Llama for $12.99 a month — and it is indexed by Google. ThreatDown's research reveals what this means for AI safety architecture and your organisation's threat model.
5 min read
10
Aug
Abstract illustration of an AI agent pipeline network with compromised nodes glowing green amid blue data streams, representing supply chain infiltration

Trojanized AI Skills Hit 1.7M Installs: Securing the Agent Supply Chain

Zenity Labs revealed at Black Hat USA 2026 that trojanized AI agent skills accumulated over 1.7 million installs via a public registry, exfiltrating SSH keys, cloud credentials, and CI/CD secrets. Here is what happened, why traditional security tooling missed it, and the concrete controls you can...
11 min read