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AI-Driven Zero-Day Discovery Linked to 2FA Target, Google Says

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Source: Gizmodo
AI-Driven Zero-Day Discovery Linked to 2FA Target, Google Says
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Google’s Threat Intelligence Group says a prominent cybercrime group used an AI-assisted zero-day in a Python script to target a popular open-source web-based system administration tool, potentially bypassing two-factor authentication; Google and the vendor coordinated a disclosure and patch, noting Gemini was not involved and that the attackers likely leveraged AI to discover and weaponize the flaw, amid broader debates around Mythos hype.

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  1. Google Says It Found Evidence of Hackers Using AI to Discover a Zero-Day Vulnerability  Gizmodo
  2. Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw  The New York Times
  3. Google says it likely thwarted effort by hacker group to use AI for 'mass exploitation event'  CNBC
  4. Google Says Hacker Used Mythos-Like AI for Software Tool Exploit  Bloomberg.com
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