04 Aug, 2026

Hacker uses DeepSeek AI to autonomously attack vulnerable servers

A Chinese-speaking threat actor is using the DeepSeek AI model and the open-source Hermes Agent to conduct autonomous cyberattacks on exposed servers with limited human involvement. The activity was discovered by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers after Hermes accidentally created a web server from its home directory, exposing the attacker’s environment, including API keys, […]

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