AI-Designed Zero-Day Bypasses 2FA in Mass Exploitation Campaign

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Google Threat Intelligence Group revealed a zero-day exploit—likely AI-assisted—that enables bypassing 2FA on a popular open-source admin tool and was used in a mass exploitation campaign; the Python-based exploit shows patterns typical of LLM-generated code, and Google coordinated with the vendor to patch the flaw and disrupt the operation, while the report also highlights broader AI-enabled threats including autonomous malware and AI-assisted misuse of Gemini.
- Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation The Hacker News
- Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw The New York Times
- AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says The Guardian
- Google says hackers used AI to create zero day security flaw for the first time Politico
- Hackers Used AI to Build Zero-Day Attack, Google Researchers Say Bloomberg.com
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