Tag: honeypot

Symantec Exposes AI-Powered Cyber-Attack Agent Capable of Autonomous Actions

Symantec researchers have uncovered a sophisticated AI-powered cyber-attack agent that can operate autonomously, cleverly shifting its operational costs to unsuspecting victims by hijacking their resources. This sneaky tactic was exposed when the researchers set up an AI honeypot, which attracted over 127,000 external requests from tens of thousands of unique addresses.