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Ransomware gang turns Cursor AI into attack aide

A Russian-speaking ransomware operation has used the Cursor artificial intelligence coding agent to support intrusions into corporate networks, exposing how commercial AI assistants can be manipulated to accelerate hacking once attackers gain access to a target. Operators linked to the Aurora ransomware group employed Cursor Agent during hands-on exploitation of at least 10 organisations between…

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