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A preview of where autonomous hacking may be heading:
During a UK cyber test, a Mythos 5 agent used sockpuppets, spearphishing emails, and prompt injection to try to get an open source maintainer to merge malware.
https://socket.dev/blog/ai-agent-open-source-malware #OpenSource #Cybersecurity
2026-08-05T19:09:36.975Z