CVE-2023-33538 under attack for a year, but exploitation still unsuccessful

Multiple high-impact security developments: attackers have been probing CVE-2023-33538 in outdated TP-Link routers for over a year without confirmed successful exploitation; a third‑party AI tool (Context.ai) compromise led to a Vercel breach via a hijacked employee Google Workspace account; an AI service (Claude Opus) was demonstrated to produce a working Chrome exploit at low cost, highlighting accelerating weaponization of LLMs. Other notable items include a Mirai variant (Nexcorium) exploiting TBK DVRs and end‑of‑life TP‑Link routers for DDoS botnets, Sophos findings of attackers hiding in