Our analysis of how attackers used the open-source Cairn AI agent framework to autonomously breach semiconductor, defense and civic targets. The post Attackers Use Autonomous AI to Target Semiconductor, Defense and Civil Society Sectors appeared first on Unit 42.
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Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is reporting today that it has tracked a massive China-based attack leveraging the open-source AI penetration testing framework Cairn to autonomously conduct 25 operations against at least 19 organizations. The attackers weaponized Cairn by pairing it with Chinese AI models Zhipu GLM and DeepSeek, Unit 42 said. The report said it monitored the attacks in August and September 2026 in which t…
Shipping giant Maersk has confirmed that one of its systems was broken into by hackers who have stolen data. The WhiteArmor gang has claimed responsbility for the attack. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Europol and law enforcement partners from nine countries have seized hundreds of servers and domains used by the Gootloader, CastleRAT, and StealC malware operations. [...]
Picus Security has announced Picus Autonomous Penetration Testing, an agentic pentesting capability that puts AI agents on the offensive: they think like attackers, chain real exploits toward an organization’s crown jewels, and prove what a breach would look like, under governance the agent cannot override. The launch rebuilds Picus’s automated penetration testing for the agentic era on five years of enterprise deplo…
