Security News > 2025 > March > How New AI Agents Will Transform Credential Stuffing Attacks
2025-03-04 11:00
Credential stuffing attacks had a huge impact in 2024, fueled by a vicious circle of infostealer infections and data breaches. But things could be about to get worse still with Computer-Using Agents, a new kind of AI agent that enables low-cost, low-effort automation of common web tasks — including those frequently performed by attackers. Stolen credentials: The cyber criminal’s weapon of choice
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