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Symantec Uncovers AI Agent Hijacking Models for Autonomous Cyber-Attacks

Researchers at Symantec have uncovered an AI agent designed to operate a full cyber-attack without human intervention Read more →
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Symantec researchers have identified an autonomous AI agent who uses exposed models to perform up to 100,000 offensive tasks

Symantec researchers have discovered an artificial intelligence agent (AI) that can perform autonomous cyberattacks without human intervention. The tool uses a technique known as LLMjacking to hijack exposed AI models and perform up to 100,000 malicious actions, such as searching for targets, exploring security failures, stealing passwords and installing cryptocurrencies miners. The attacks were discovered from an AI honeypot experiment, a syste…

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security.com broke the news on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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