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Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 published a report on July 30, 2026 documenting the first fully observed case of an AI model independently running an offensive cyberattack cycle — enumerating targets, selecting vulnerabilities, sourcing exploit code, and executing attacks with minimal human input. Researchers only found it because the attacker’s own AI agent made a configuration mistake that exposed the entire operation. The threat actor, tracked under the aliases “knaithe” and “KnYuan” and assessed to be based in Zhuhai, China, wired DeepSeek’s model into Hermes Agent, an open-source agentic framework, giving it terminal access and orchestration capability. The operator issued a single command over Telegram, then largely stepped back — Unit 42 recovered a complete session from May 2026 in which no further operator input was found after that initial instruction. DeepSeek independently ran FOFA-based target enumeration, evaluated CVEs, sourced exploit code from GitHub, and adapted its attack logic across the session, according to Unit 42’s own published report . The mistake that exposed everything Hermes Agent accidentally launched an HTTP file server from the operator’s home directory instead of a sandboxed staging location — a basic misconfiguration that made the attacker’s exploit scripts, target lists, API keys, session logs, and command history publicly accessible. That accident gave defenders a rare, complete view into a live AI-driven offensive operation, rather than the usual fragmentary evidence security teams piece together after the fact. Where the autonomous attacks actually worked — and where they didn’t The DeepSeek-led autonomous campaigns against Langflow and n8n systems failed, because the exposed targets didn’t match the exploits’ configuration requirements. The operator’s separate, manually run campaigns had real impact: Unit 42 confirmed data exfiltration from three organizations through a Citrix NetScaler memory-overread flaw (CVE-2026-3055) and command execution on 11 Marimo notebook instances via a second vulnerability. Notably, the report indicates the operator tried Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex during the campaign but relied on them only for narrow, low-risk tasks like connectivity testing — consistent with those platforms’ safety controls blocking more direct offensive use, while DeepSeek did not. Why this matters beyond one operator Unit 42’s core finding isn’t the specific CVEs exploited — it’s that a functional, largely autonomous scan-research-exploit pipeline is now demonstrably achievable with off-the-shelf open-source tooling and a commercially available AI model. The actor also tested Qwen, GLM, Kimi, and MiniMax in parallel, suggesting an active, ongoing evaluation of which AI models offer the least resistance to offensive use — a shopping process defenders should assume other threat actors are running too. Unit 42’s report leaves one detail unresolved: it states the operator attempted exploitation against roughly 460 targets across seven distinct exploit paths, yet confirms only three targets were successfully compromised, without fully reconciling that gap in scale. Researchers have said they’ve contacted Palo Alto Networks for clarification. Whatever the precise success rate, the operational template itself — a single Telegram command triggering a largely unsupervised scan-and-exploit cycle — is the part defenders can’t unsee. What to watch next Whether DeepSeek or other Chinese AI labs adjust safety controls in response to this documented misuse. Whether other threat actors replicate the same DeepSeek-plus-Hermes-Agent stack now that a working blueprint has been publicly analyzed. Whether the disclosed CVEs, including the Citrix NetScaler flaw, see a wave of copycat exploitation now that technical details are public. Sources Chinese-Speaking Threat Actor Harnesses AI Models for Autonomous Cyberattacks — Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks Chinese Hacker Commands DeepSeek via Telegram to Launch Autonomous Attacks — The Hacker News DeepSeek Ran Autonomous Cyberattacks That Claude and OpenAI Safety Controls Blocked — Tech Times Disclaimer : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial advice. The views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s opinion. Readers are advised to conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions. Any action taken by the reader is strictly at their own risk. Times Tabloid is not responsible for any financial losses. The post A Hacker’s Own Mistake Just Proved AI Can Run a Cyberattack With Almost No Human Help appeared first on Times Tabloid .

US President Donald Trump announced that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Iran had urged him to postpone the planned military attacks. Trump said the planned operation against Iran would be very comprehensive and powerful, but he suspended the attack plan after regional countries requested time for diplomacy. Trump stated that allies in the region believe an agreement is close, and that the first phase of talks focuses on the security and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. According to Trump, once this is agreed upon, negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program will begin. The Strait of Hormuz stands out as one of the most critical transit points for global oil and liquefied natural gas transportation. A military conflict in the region is considered to have significant consequences for energy prices and global trade. In addition, Trump announced that new talks with Iran will begin tomorrow. Related News: Watch Out: Massive Token Unlocks Coming for 10 Altcoins This Week—Here’s the Day-by-Day, Hour-by-Hour Schedule Trump also commented on developments concerning the Japanese yen. He stated that the US intervened in the market due to its good relations with Japan, arguing that Washington has always supported Tokyo and that the US also benefits economically from the relevant regulations. *This is not investment advice. Continue Reading: BREAKING: Donald Trump Makes a Surprise Statement on Iran – Suspends Attacks

Evernorth COO: Japan's XRP 'Chicken-and-Egg' Dilemma Could End as Tokenization Accelerates Japanese financial institutions remain optimistic about XRP's long-term potential, but adoption continues to be held back by what Evernorth Chief Operating Officer Meg Nakamura describes as a classic chicken-and-egg dilemma. Speaking at WebX Asia 2026 in Tokyo, Nakamura said many banks and financial firms recognize the value of blockchain-powered finance , yet few are prepared to be the first to make significant investments without seeing broader institutional participation. According to Nakamura, the hesitation stems from a self-reinforcing cycle: institutions want proof that their peers have embraced XRP before committing capital, while widespread adoption cannot occur until more players take that initial leap. As a result, many firms remain in a wait-and-see mode, closely monitoring the market instead of leading it. She noted that this cautious stance aligns with Japan's financial culture, where regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and long-term risk management often outweigh the desire to be first movers. Rather than rushing into blockchain adoption, institutions are prioritizing pilot programs, strategic collaborations, and limited deployments to validate the technology before expanding its use. Although XRP remains central to these discussions , Nakamura believes the industry's attention is shifting beyond digital payments. While stablecoins have dominated recent conversations by improving payment efficiency and cross-border settlement, she argued that tokenization is poised to become blockchain's defining use case. Unlike stablecoins, which primarily facilitate value transfer, tokenization enables real-world assets, including government bonds, equities, real estate, private credit, commodities, and investment funds, to exist as digital assets on blockchain networks. This has the potential to streamline settlement, reduce operational costs, unlock liquidity, enable fractional ownership, and make previously inaccessible assets available to a broader pool of investors. Evernorth COO Says Tokenization and Regulation Could Unlock XRP's Institutional Future For financial institutions, tokenization is increasingly seen as the next evolution of capital markets rather than simply another cryptocurrency application. As adoption grows, blockchain infrastructure such as the XRP Ledger is expected to play an increasingly important role in issuing, transferring, and settling tokenized assets at institutional scale. Nakamura also emphasized that regulatory clarity is becoming a catalyst, not a constraint, for innovation. Clear legal frameworks give financial institutions the confidence to develop blockchain-based products while meeting compliance requirements, significantly lowering barriers to adoption. Japan is particularly well positioned to capitalize on this shift, having established one of the world's most comprehensive digital asset regulatory environments. As regulations continue to mature and tokenization gains traction, Nakamura believes today's hesitation toward XRP could gradually fade, paving the way for broader institutional adoption and a new phase of blockchain-driven financial innovation.

Bitcoin prices, which generally traded sideways throughout the past week, are poised to close the week 1.47% lower, driven by strengthening predictions that the Fed will raise interest rates, as well as developments such as a security vulnerability in the Coldcard hardware wallet that resulted in some users’ assets being stolen. On the other hand, numerous economic developments and altcoin events await cryptocurrency users in the new week. Here is the cryptocurrency calendar we have prepared for you at Bitcoinsistemi.com. (All times are given in UTC+3 Turkish time) Monday, August 3rd Upbit will delist AERGO and AQT. American Bitcoin will release its second-quarter financial report. The crypto wallet Ctrl Wallet will cease operations. The DeFi control panel Zapper will be completely shut down. Tuesday, August 4th Palantir will release its earnings report. SpaceX will release its earnings report. Bitcoin mining company Hut8 will release its second-quarter financial report. Binance will end support for the Sophon (SOPH) mainnet. Related News: 15 Altcoins See Explosive Trading Volume in South Korea Wednesday, August 5th AMD will release its earnings report. Circle will release its earnings report. Galaxy Digital will release its earnings report. 15:15 – US ADP Non-Farm Payrolls Change (Expected: 71k, Previous: 98k) Thursday, August 6 SpaceX (SPCX) is about to make a major key breakthrough. 15:30 – US Initial Jobless Claims (Expected: 205k, Previous: 197k) Related News: 15 Altcoins See Explosive Trading Volume in South Korea Friday, August 7 DataMEDS AI will distribute memecoin to its shareholders. Grayscale will be distributing staking rewards quarterly. 15:30 – US Average Hourly Earnings (Monthly Change) (Expected: 0.3%, Previous: 0.3%) 15:30 – US Non-Farm Payrolls Change (Expected: 88k, Previous: 57k) 15:30 – US Unemployment Rate (Expected: 4.2%, Previous: 4.2%) *This is not investment advice. Continue Reading: Watch Out: Entering a Critical Week—Numerous Economic Developments and Altcoin Events Are Coming Up—Here’s the Day-by-Day, Hour-by-Hour Schedule

Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC) is the benchmark asset most exposed as South Korean traders shifted stablecoins toward offshore venues in June, extending a capital-flight pattern that regulators can no l...

South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have seen a significant increase in trading volume for some altcoins. Combining data from the past 24 hours, the total trading volume for the most popular altcoins reached approximately $347.7 million. MetaDAO (META) topped the trading volume ranking. META’s 24-hour trading volume on Upbit alone was recorded at $65.84 million, accounting for 12.39% of the exchange’s total spot volume. Euler (EUL) ranked second with a total volume of $47.65 million across two exchanges. Of the EUL transactions, $44.28 million occurred on Upbit, and approximately $3.38 million on Bithumb. XRP, which traditionally attracts significant interest from South Korean investors, reached a total trading volume of $38.11 million on Upbit and Bithumb. Upbit’s XRP volume was measured at $27.30 million, while Bithumb’s volume was $10.81 million. Related News: Michael Saylor: “We Never Said We'd Never Sell Bitcoin” Here are the total 24-hour trading volumes for the most prominent altcoins on Upbit and Bithumb: MetaDAO (META) – $65.84 million Euler (EUL) – $47.65 million XRP – $38.11 million ThunderCore (TT) – $35.64 million Babylon (BABY) – $25.15 million Geodnet (GEOD) – $20.28 million Hyperlane (HYPER) – $19.72 million Momentum (MMT) – $17.67 million Ondo (ONDO) – $15.65 million Shiba Inu (SHIB) – $10.55 million HOME – $9.61 million Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) – $9.51 million Akash Network (AKT) – $7.36 million Dogecoin (DOGE) – $7.30 million Worldcoin (WLD) – $5.74 million *This is not investment advice. Continue Reading: 15 Altcoins See Explosive Trading Volume in South Korea

The KOSPI’s 41% plunge from its June peak marked one of the fastest collapses in South Korea’s stock market history. The sell-off reflected the index’s heavy exposure to semiconductors, exports and leveraged trading, but it was followed by a sharp rebound led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix . Two analysts view the move differently. Bull Theory compares it with Korea’s biggest market crashes, while Milk Road analyst Melvin argues that strong earnings and lower valuations helped trigger the recovery. KOSPI Records Its Fastest Major Crash in 30 Years According to Bull Theory , the latest decline was the fourth major KOSPI crash in three decades. During the 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis, the index lost approximately 76% over 1,276 days. In 2008, it fell around 57% as the global financial crisis damaged trade and exports. The third downturn lasted from 2018 to 2020, when the U.S.–China trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the KOSPI down around 44%. The latest crash was much faster. After reaching approximately 9,385 points in June, the index plunged 41% in only 40 days. The Korean market is particularly sensitive to global semiconductor demand because Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix represent a large share of the index. The decline accelerated as investors questioned returns from AI spending and worried about growing competition in the memory-chip industry. Leveraged positions and automated selling added further pressure after prices broke key levels. Chip Earnings Help Trigger a Sharp Rebound Milk Road analyst Melvin focuses on the recovery that followed. After losing nearly 16% in two sessions, the KOSPI rebounded as investors reassessed strong earnings from Samsung and SK Hynix. Samsung reported quarterly operating profit growth of approximately 1,810% year over year, supported by demand for AI-related memory products. SK Hynix posted operating profit growth of 557% and an operating margin near 76%. The company is also a leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory used in AI chips. These results showed that Korea’s largest technology companies remained highly profitable despite the market collapse. The sell-off also pushed valuations lower. According to Melvin, earnings expectations for Korean companies rose faster than share prices, reducing the market’s price-to-earnings multiple. Melvin argues that this is different from a typical bubble, where prices rise much faster than earnings. In Korea, improving profits have partly justified the earlier rally. Government and private investment in semiconductors, AI infrastructure and data centers could also support long-term demand. However, major risks remain. The KOSPI is heavily concentrated in chipmakers, while falling AI spending, weaker memory prices or stronger Chinese competition could quickly damage earnings expectations. For now, the rebound suggests investors viewed the 41% decline as excessive. Still, the speed of both the crash and recovery shows that the KOSPI remains highly exposed to shifts in the global AI and semiconductor cycle.

A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is expected to crash into the moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, giving astronomers a rare chance to watch a known object strike the lunar surface. Tracking estimates place the impact at about 6:35 a.m. UTC near Einstein Crater, close to the moon’s sunlit edge as seen from Earth. Despite the popular “SpaceX moon crash” search term, the object is not an active rocket or spacecraft carrying people. It is the Falcon 9’s spent second stage, cataloged as 2025-010D, which has remained in a wide orbit around the Earth-moon system since January 2025. SpaceX used the rocket to launch Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander and ispace’s Resilience lander on Jan. 15, 2025. Blue Ghost later completed a successful commercial moon landing, while Resilience failed during its landing attempt. What Will Happen During the SpaceX Moon Crash? The roughly 40-foot-long rocket stage will hit the moon at about 5,400 mph, or 8,700 kph. Because the moon has almost no atmosphere, nothing will slow or burn up the hardware before it reaches the ground. However, the collision poses no threat to Earth or anyone on its surface. Scientists expect the impact to release energy comparable to several tons of TNT. Current estimates suggest it could form a crater as wide as 90 feet and about 16 feet deep, although researchers will need spacecraft images to confirm the final size. Meanwhile, computer models indicate the collision could send a broad curtain of lunar material 15 to 20 kilometers above the surface. A narrower central plume may reach 75 to 100 kilometers, while dust could spread more than 180 kilometers from the impact point. Those figures remain projections, and the actual result will depend on the rocket stage’s final angle and orientation. Will the Impact Be Visible From Earth? The initial flash will last less than a second and will probably be too faint for people to see without specialized equipment. Still, the dust plume may remain visible through powerful telescopes for several minutes. Observers in eastern parts of the United States and Canada, along with much of South America, should have the most favorable viewing positions. Even there, bright sunlight on the lunar surface and weather conditions could make the event difficult to record. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft are expected to collect images before and after the collision. Researchers can compare those observations to measure the crater, track displaced material and test models of how artificial objects behave when they hit the moon. More broadly, the SpaceX moon crash highlights a growing issue as governments and private companies send more hardware beyond Earth. This impact presents little immediate danger, but scientists say future rocket debris could threaten lunar spacecraft, equipment or crewed bases unless operators improve tracking and disposal plans.