State of Cybercrime

The Ransomware That Ran Itself

State of Cybercrime

Show Notes

A complete attack chain run by an AI agent – with zero human hands on the keyboard.

JadePuffer is the first AI-driven threat actor to execute a ransomware attack end-to-end – autonomously prioritizing targets, adapting in real time to exploit vulnerabilities, and harvesting sensitive data for extortion.

Join Matt and David as they break down what made this attack possible – and why JadePuffer pushes independent AI threat actors from science fiction into real-world operation.

Plus: In our Voices from the Frontlines segment, Threat Labs research Dolev Taler shares his team’s discovery of SearchLeak, the one-click Copilot exploit that turns an AI assistant into a data exfiltration tool.

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