'No hacker needed': New AI ransomware can automate database attacks from start to finish, warns cybersecurity firm

A groundbreaking ransomware attack, JadePuffer, has been identified, fully executed by an autonomous AI agent without human ...
The Hacker News

AI Agent Exploits Langflow RCE to Automate Database Ransomware Attack

Sysdig says JADEPUFFER used CVE-2025-3248 in Langflow to automate intrusion, credential theft, encryption, and data wipe.

JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack

Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a ransomware operation, JadePuffer, conducted ...

Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack

They're not bad; they're just prompted that way. Sysdig threat hunters documented what they say is the first-ever documented ...
SecurityWeek

Agentic AI Used to Conduct Ransomware Attack via Langflow

Attackers exploited Langflow vulnerability CVE-2025-3248 to conduct an agentic AI-powered ransomware attack involving reconnaissance, credential theft, and lateral movement.
Infosecurity Magazine

Researchers Claim First Fully Agentic Ransomware: JadePuffer

Researchers have revealed JadePuffer, the first agentic AI-powered ransomware campaign, highlighting how autonomous agents ...
Nature

Databases articles from across Nature Portfolio

A database is one or more sets of data, for example numbers, characters and images, bundled together with software that enables data to be added, removed or retrieved. Databases can be used to store ...