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Weekly Recap: Botnets, Ransomware, AI Tricks, and Fake PoC Malware

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Hacker News ·

This week's cybersecurity roundup covers proxy botnets exploiting home devices, browser-based ransomware, AI agents tricked by malicious instructions, and fake proof-of-concept malware. The common thread is misplaced trust in ordinary systems and code. Each incident underscores how routine components become attack vectors.

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The pattern is clear: attackers are exploiting the mundane, not the exotic, making every piece of software a potential liability.
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