importantSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News• 2026-09-10T17:11:53+05:30
AI-Driven Cyberattack Exploits PaperCut Vulnerabilities to Compromise 440+ Instances
A cyber attacker leveraged AI agents to exploit two vulnerabilities in PaperCut NG/MF, compromising over 440 instances across 48 countries. The campaign utilized AI for automated exploit development, target filtering, and post-exploitation tasks, highlighting the growing role of AI in scaling cyberattacks.
A suspected Russian-speaking cyber actor has been attributed to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to devise exploits targeting a recently disclosed pair of security flaws in PaperCut NG/MF and break into hundreds of instances.
According to independent reports from Blackpoint Cyber and GreyNoise, the activity originates from "45.142.193[.]132," an IP address that has been linked to
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