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Agencies Urged to Track and Disrupt Coordinated AI Extraction CampaignsThe White House is escalating coordination with AI firms after identifying large-scale foreign campaigns using proxy accounts and jailbreaking techniques to extract capabilities from U.S. models, raising national security concerns and prompting new detection, logging and accountability measures.

Experts Warn of DDoS, Ransomware, Proxy And Other Attacks on Health SectorThe escalating conflict emerging from the U.S. and Israel military strikes this weekend on Iran, which killed the country's top leadership and crippled its internet connectivity, could erupt into cyberattacks against the healthcare sector by Iranian sympathizers and proxies, experts warn.

Stealthy Group Taps Blockchain 'EtherHiding' to Facilitate Victim CommunicationsThe DeadLock ransomware group, a newly emerged digital extortion group, is using blockchain smart contracts to store proxy server addresses for facilitating ransomware negotiations with victim organizations. The technique suggests the group is made up of experienced cybercriminals.

Browser Tools Capture Chatbot Data, Sell to Data Broker: Koi SecurityA browser extension promising a free clientless VPN for Chrome users has been harvesting conversations from artificial intelligence chatbot platforms and selling the data to third-party brokers. The data collection operates independently of the VPN functionality itself.

Researcher Found Bug Could Exfiltrate Secrets Via Camo ImagesA now-patched flaw in GitHub Copilot Chat could have allowed attackers to steal private source code and secrets by embedding hidden prompts that hijacked the artificial intelligence assistant's responses. The exploit also used the code hosting platform's image proxy to leak the stolen data.

High-Severity Flaw in LangChain's AI Tooling Hub Now PatchedA flaw in the LangSmith platform, an open-source framework that helps developers build LLM-powered applications, can enable hackers to siphon sensitive data, said Noma Security. Dubbed AgentSmith, the flaw can allow attackers to embed malicious proxy configurations into public AI agents.

Analysts Warn US Infrastructure May Be Next as Iran Plans Missile Strike ResponseIsrael’s strike on Iranian military and nuclear targets has triggered fears of retaliatory cyberattacks, with analysts warning that Tehran may escalate disruptions against U.S. and Israeli critical infrastructure through proxy campaigns, brute-force attacks or coordinated DDoS strikes.

Russian, Kazakh Hackers Charged in $46M Proxy Botnet SchemeFederal prosecutors charged four hackers for running a proxy botnet that exploited infected routers, using domains like Anyproxy.net to resell U.S. network access globally - and generating over $46M before a coordinated international takedown, according to a Friday indictment.

CISA Publishes Anatomy of Advanced Ivanti VPN MalwareHackers using Trojans connected to a malware family deployed by Chinese nation-state hackers are actively exploiting a now-patched vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure appliances. The malware "contains capabilities of a rootkit, dropper, backdoor, bootkit, proxy and tunneler."

Off-Brand Android Devices Come Infrected With A TrojanA botnet infected more than 1 million off-brand Android devices manufactured in China, reached consumers with a backdoor already installed. Scammers used the devices for programmatic ad fraud, click fraud and converting the devices into a residential proxy.

Water Barghest Group Lists Infected Devices Within 10 Minutes of Initial CompromiseA threat actor with suspected ties to Russian nation-state hackers has listed thousands of IoT devices as proxy networks within minutes of their initial compromise. A campaign that began in 2020 has so far infected 20,000 IoT devices, according to a new report by Trend Micro.

Beijing's Tough-to-Track Mesh Networks Built Using Hacked Devices, Mandiant WarnsMultiple Chinese cyber espionage groups, including Volt Typhoon, are using operational relay box networks, aka ORBs, built using leased proxy servers and compromised or end-of-life routers, to avoid detection and complicate efforts to track their activities, warns Google Cloud's Mandiant.