Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders
2026-07-06T14:51:46Z•6c9b3eb4863bfaef1d248396b8d8d8cf954c9303de401198f39986cde3f0b39b
AI threatsCVE-2026-48558Cisco CUCMCisco SD-WANDjinn stealerFortiBleedFortinetLLMsNIST CVE coverageNextcloud zero-dayOT/ICS water systemsSSRFSimpleHelpagentjackingcloud credentialscredential theftexposed AI endpointsmalicious packages/skillsnation-state activityopen source securitypatching cadencephantom squattingphishingransomwaresupply chain
What happened
This DarkReading roundup highlights a surge in AI-driven offensive techniques and active exploitation of multiple high-impact vulnerabilities. New Chinese LLMs and attacker use of AI are widening the gap between offense and defense (agentjacking, phantom squatting, malicious marketplace skills, AI-generated workflows, hijacked/exposed AI endpoints). Active campaigns and vulnerabilities include FortiBleed compromises of thousands of Fortinet firewalls being monetized and combined with a Nextcloud zero-day; Djinn infostealer delivered via CVE-2026-48558 (critical SimpleHelp authentication bypass
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