Trend Micro identified two distinct threat campaigns, SHADOW-AETHER-040 and SHADOW-AETHER-064, leveraging agentic AI to orchestrate attacks against Latin American government and financial institutions. The attackers utilized AI models like Anthropic's Claude to dynamically generate scripts, analyze configurations, and establish SOCKS5 tunnels for lateral movement, demonstrating a shift towards AI-assisted, signature-evasive intrusion operations.
