DeepSeek accidentally built a working ransomware strain, experts note, 'What we are witnessing is a fundamental shift in how novel cyber attacks are born'
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A model casually generating working Android browser ransomware without human guidance means exploit ideation is now an AI-native workload. Security teams need to assume faster mutation cycles and broader attacker bench strength — and start testing their own defenses against model-generated attack patterns.
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