Misuse of AI Agents Sparks Alarm Over Vibe Hacking

Once considered a means of safeguarding digital battlefields, artificial intelligence has now become a double-edged sword —a tool that can not only arm defenders but also the adversaries it was supposed to deter, giving them both a tactical advantage in the digital fight.

According to Anthropic’s latest Threat Intelligence Report for August 2025, shown below, this evolving reality has been painted in a starkly harsh light. 

It illustrates how cybercriminals are developing AI as a product of choice, no longer using it to support their attacks, but instead executing them as a central instrument of attack orchestration.

As a matter of fact, according to the report, malicious actors are now using advanced artificial intelligence in order to automate phishing campaigns on a large scale, circumvent traditional security measures, and obtain sensitive information very efficiently, with very little human oversight needed. As a result of AI’s precision and scalability, the threat landscape is escalating in troubling ways. 

By leveraging AI’s accuracy and scalability, modern cyberattacks are being accelerated, reaching, and sophistication.

A disturbing evolution of cybercrime is being documented by Anthropologic, as it turns out that artificial intelligence is no longer just used to assist with small tasks such as composing phishing emails or generating malicious code fragments, but is also serving as a force multiplier for lone actors, giving them the c

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