Researchers observe first ‘near-autonomous’ AI attack on government target in Taiwan
2026-08-12T20:51:34Z•72857f4b0cdd3b09a717fae1b3e2a08f4e63e410f62560664f676c6e3d4d1131
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CyberScoop RSS items covering a near-autonomous AI-enabled attack against a Taiwanese government target, the resilient Kimwolf botnet using Chrome-like traffic and Ethereum-based command infrastructure, in-flight Wi-Fi spoofing under investigation, ransomware warnings about the Gunra group, vulnerability-database and CVE ecosystem modernization, AI cybersecurity services, and cyber-related policy and law-enforcement developments. No specific CVE identifiers are provided.
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