{"slug": "ransomware-gang-talked-ai-agents-into-doing-much-of-its-dirty-work", "title": "Ransomware gang talked AI agents into doing much of its dirty work", "summary": "Sophos reported that the group behind the Aur0ra ransomware, tracked by Sophos as GOLD OGRE, used AI agents to move through victim networks, collect credentials and escalate to domain administrator access. Sophos recovered artifacts from the Cursor AI coding assistant in late August showing the attackers gave the agents VPN logins, proxy access, targets and objectives, after which the agents mapped the network.", "body_md": "The group behind the Aur0ra ransomware has been using AI agents to move through victim networks, collect credentials and work its way up to domain administrator access, according to Sophos. AI-assisted intrusion workflow (Source: Sophos) The company, which tracks the group as GOLD OGRE, recovered artifacts from the Cursor AI coding assistant in late August that show the attackers handing the agents VPN logins, proxy access, targets and objectives. The agents then mapped the network … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/02/aur0ra-ransomware-ai-agents/) \n\nThe post [Ransomware gang talked AI agents into doing much of its dirty work](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/02/aur0ra-ransomware-ai-agents/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-gang-talked-ai-agents-into-doing-much-of-its-dirty-work", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/02/aur0ra-ransomware-ai-agents/", "published_at": "2026-11-02 05:00:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-02 05:22:29.063788+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Sophos", "Aur0ra", "GOLD OGRE", "Cursor"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-gang-talked-ai-agents-into-doing-much-of-its-dirty-work", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-gang-talked-ai-agents-into-doing-much-of-its-dirty-work.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-gang-talked-ai-agents-into-doing-much-of-its-dirty-work.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-gang-talked-ai-agents-into-doing-much-of-its-dirty-work.jsonld"}}