AIThe Hacker Newsabout 17 hours ago
Russian hacker uses Gemini CLI to control botnet
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A Russian-speaking threat actor known as bandcampro used Google's open-source Gemini CLI to control an eight-device botnet at a dental clinic and access its OpenDental database. The AI migrated the command-and-control infrastructure in six minutes, handled debugging, and performed daily operations like password guessing. The entire C&C operation fits in three plaintext files totaling roughly 5 KB.
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