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Chinese-speaking attackers used the AI pen-test tool Cairn to automate attacks on 100 global websites, including John Deere and SharkNinja. Researchers found over 1,100 attack projects across 14 exposed dashboards, with costs around five dollars per task. Victims like Cummins are investigating potential breaches while defenders struggle to stop the automated workflow.
Norforge reports threat actors abused the open source AI platform Cairn to automate attacks against over 100 organizations. The largest cluster targeted 1,100 projects across 14 dashboards, hitting US, Japan, and Australia e-commerce sites. Victims included John Deere and SharkNinja, with roughly 10% of attempts succeeding and 11% of secrets verified as valid.
A wallet linked to the April 1 Drift Protocol hack sent about $61 million in Ether to Tornado Cash on Tuesday. The exploiter holds about $194 million total, while the attack caused roughly $295 million in losses attributed to a North Korean threat group. Drift opened recovery token claims on Oct. 1 for a pool holding about $3.1 million.
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