New A report on the intelligence of the threat by Anthropik He shed light on how cybercriminals use artificial intelligence to conduct more and more sophisticated programs, from for extortion on large -scale after fraudulent employment and development of ransomware software. Discoveries emphasize both the growing risk of improper use of AI and the urgent need for stronger security.
The report emphasizes how malicious actors set AI tools throughout the life cycle of their activities. After limiting technical barriers, criminals now use advanced models for profiling victims, analyze stolen data, create fraudulent identities and perform attacks that previously required years of specialist knowledge.
Scientists warn of a disturbing trend: AI does not only give advice – it actively enables cyberrataki in real time. This change in the direction of “Agentic AI” even enabled low -qualified operators to implement complex tactics reserved for highly trained specialists.
Here are three main cases in which AI played a central role:
- Hanging and extortion of the climate: The criminal group used the Claude code to automate network intrusion, theft of confirms and exfiltration of confidential data from at least 17 organizations covering healthcare, emergency services and the government. Instead of implementing traditional ransomware software to block files, the attackers threatened to leak the stolen information, unless the victims paid the ransom. The AI system played an active role: automated recognition, collected login certificates, analyzed financial data to determine the ransom amounts, and even generated alarming ransom banknotes designed to quickly pressure to victims.
- Employment fraud: agents associated with North Korea used artificial intelligence to produce convincing professional identities, transfer coding assessments and safe jobs in companies from the Fortune 500 list. After employment, they consisted of artificial intelligence to perform technical tasks, directing illegal earnings to the sanctioned regime. By removing the need for years of specialist training, artificial intelligence dramatically expanded the regime's ability to infiltrate global technology companies.
- Ransomware-AS-A-Service: Otherwise, cybercrime with a minimal technical background developed and sold with many variants of ransomware software using AI help. These packages included advanced encryption and anti-reference functions, which makes them attractive tools for other criminals.
In each case, Anthropic replied, prohibiting malicious accounts, improving automatic detection systems and sharing abuse indicators with law enforcement agencies and industry partners. This emphasizes the importance of cooperation between technology suppliers, government agencies and security researchers to overtake evolving threats.
In addition to distinguished cases, the Anthropica threat intelligence report also indicates attempts to violate telecommunications infrastructure and experiments with many AI agents cooperating to fraud. Scientists warn that as AI progress, as well as their use.
Despite the challenges, the company remains involved in increasing security measures and ensuring transparency of improper use. By publishing detailed intelligence of threats, he hopes to help a wider community strengthen the defense and adapt to the changing landscape of crime in AI-Ai.
