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Google warns that AI is making cybercrime more efficient, autonomous, and faster

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • Google’s threat-intelligence team says malicious uses of AI have expanded beyond vulnerability detection to more autonomous cyberattacks.
  • The report says criminal groups linked primarily to Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea use AI to steal credentials, create malware, and conduct industrial espionage.
  • Google warns that attackers are targeting AI systems, software supply chains, and cloud resources, allowing complex attacks to unfold within hours.

Google is warning that artificial intelligence has become a force multiplier for cyberattacks, enabling criminals to plan and execute complex operations within hours.

The company’s threat-intelligence team published its AI Threat Tracker report on Tuesday. It says cybercriminals and espionage groups are increasingly using autonomous and faster systems that can plan, automate, and carry out attacks with limited human intervention.

Google’s analysts said advanced AI agents are no longer confined to experimental use or vulnerability detection. They identified multiple incidents targeting AI models and systems in the technology, healthcare, and media and entertainment sectors in North America and Europe. Attackers are also stealing credentials and buying AI capabilities on the darknet to meet growing demand for access to the technology.

The report said criminal groups linked mainly to Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are using AI to automate credential theft, create malicious code, and conduct industrial espionage. Google analysts also highlighted what they called a “worrying” trend involving software supply chains, where attackers manipulate coding assistants and open-source repositories.

The report said criminals are exploiting external tools, stealing AI-related intellectual property, and hijacking cloud resources to run their own models. It cited the China-linked cyberespionage group Basin Castle, which uses language models to research targets and troubleshoot during intrusions. Another Chinese group reportedly tried to use Google’s Gemini to build a testing framework for penetration attacks.

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· Google threat-intelligence analystsThe analysts’ description of attacks targeting software supply chains.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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