Last week, researchers at cloud security firm Sysdig said they had documented the first known case of “agent ransomware.” It was an extortion operation, called JadePuffer, in which an AI agent (not a human) handled the technical execution of a real-world cyberattack from start to finish. The agent broke into a vulnerable server, stole credentials,
Researchers at Sysdig, a cybersecurity company, say they found a warning sign of where agent AI is headed. Sysdig’s threat research team believes it has found the first documented evidence of agent ransomware, where a large language model orchestrated a complex attack. The team named the attack “Jade Puffer.” “JadePuffer is a warning sign,” Michael
