AI agents show they can create exploits, not just find vulns

Sure, AI agents such as Mythos can find security vulnerabilities in software, but the bigger question is whether they can turn those flaws into functional exploits that work in the real world. After all, many AI-discovered bugs prove minor or difficult to weaponize. New research, however, suggests frontier models can indeed …

[ComputerSays_noAbsolutelyNo]

It's vibes all the way

Vibe coding

Vibe bug hunting

Vibe exploiting

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Re: It's vibes all the way

Vibe rater

[amanfromMars 1]

An Ancient Art of Noble Skill Sets Best Never Abused and Misused ......

..... for there be Serious Serial Repercussions Supplying Unavoidable Deadly Consequences.

"Our results show that autonomous exploit development by frontier AI agents is no longer a hypothetical capability," the authors state in their paper. "While current agents are not yet reliable across all targets, they already exploit a non-trivial fraction of real-world vulnerabilities, including complex targets such as kernel components."

Certain commentary on El Reg in response to their posted tales of the quantum unexpected and digital binary relate the already well established and deep and dark and universal existence of autonomous exploit developing frontier AI agents into the making of greater and good and better beta use of every non-trivial fraction of surreal and real-world vulnerabilities, including thought secret and safe and secure complex targets such as kernel components used in the misusing and abuse of human weaknesses .... which is no new thing at all whenever so old and well known to be worthy of ACTive* agents and ubiquitous.

And it is wisely, gravely to be regarded and definitely to be avoided at any and all cost, given the exorbitant price of not heeding the outlined failure as is advised in the plain text paragraph shared above.

* ....... Advanced CyberIntelAIgent Traction

To not imagine nor be able or enabled to realise the future and their presents are not going to be anything like the past with its hostings and postings of constantly troubling difficulties is surely proof positive enough that one’s thinking is not fit for future greater and good and better beta purpose.