AI Agents
Malicious AI agents steal 600K credit cards, infect 100+ sites with skimmers
A financially motivated threat actor is using open-source AI agent frameworks to attack hundreds of online retailers at scale, stealing more than 600,000 credit card records. The campaign has been active since at least July and is ongoing as of September 22. In just five days, the threat actor compromised at least 27 companies and […]
OpenAI details more cases of AI agents taking unauthorized actions
OpenAI has presented new examples of what they call “AI model misalignment” from the past six months, including unauthorized file uploads, following self-generated instructions, hiding mistakes, and leveraging exposed API keys. OpenAI uses the term “model misalignment” to describe cases where AI models act contrary to their intended constraints, including taking unauthorized actions, evading oversight, or bypassing […]
Microsoft fixes AutoGen Studio flaw that enabled code execution
A vulnerability chain dubbed AutoJack in Microsoft’s AutoGen Studio interface for prototyping AI agents could let attackers manipulate an agent into executing arbitrary commands on its host system simply by visiting a malicious webpage. AutoGen Studio is the graphical component for AutoGen, Microsoft’s open-source framework for building multi-agent AI systems. The framework allows developers to […]