Researchers intercepted and investigated the model, which was attempting to compromise more than 1,200 hosts for proxyjacking to launch further attacks.
Originally published at darkreading.com
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Chinese Actor Weaponizes DeepSeek AI Agent to Attack Security Firm
Security researchers discovered a Chinese threat actor weaponizing DeepSeek AI to conduct automated attacks against over 1,200 hosts. The AI agent was being used for proxyjacking operations, establishing compromised systems as proxies to launch subsequent attacks while obscuring the attacker's origin.
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