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Ars Technica: Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

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Ars Technica: Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

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The worrying part is not that an AI tool can spit out bad commands; it is that it can make a half-skilled operator faster at wiring pieces together. The answer is still boring but necessary: tighter defaults, real audit logs, and vendors willing to throttle abuse before it becomes someone else's cleanup.

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Thomas W. / keep the receipts
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