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This week, AI-driven cyber warfare was a dominant theme, with reports detailing sophisticated, automated attacks and critical vulnerabilities. A significant concern is the rise of "agentic" AI threats, where state-sponsored actors are allegedly using Large Language Models (LLMs) to fully automate espionage campaigns, performing reconnaissance, generating exploits, and exfiltrating data with minimal human intervention.

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Daniel Masterson, Ai Courtrie Buson & Bard Gee
November 21, 2025

for the week November 16, 2025, 99th edition

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AI in cybersecurity is a double edge sword so use it to your advantage

Utilize Large Language Model AI Chatbots to assist in combating scams. Certain AI companies are now enabling users to employ these chatbots to ascertain whether a particular entity is malicious.

🤷‍♀️ What now?: Be suspicious of everything.

Tools: If you’re already using an AI chatbot, use it on suspicious content. If you’re not already, consider the best one to use. Contact Hexagon Center for help.

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about this edition and Inside Hexagon

We’re embracing AI this week for obvious reasons, but we also recognize that this marks our 99th edition. We appreciate your continued support as we reach this milestone and for allowing HX Weekly to serve as your weekly reminder to stay vigilant.

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Glossary/Legend:

  • Malvertising - the practice of incorporating malware in online advertisements.

  • pwn - to dominate and defeat (someone or something). Online gamers use "pwn" to describe annihilating an opponent, or owning them. The word came from misspelling "own" by gamers typing quickly and striking the letter P instead of the neighboring letter O.

  • Personal Identifier - A unique word or phrase shared exclusively with an individual or a group, serving as a means of identification and affirmation within the established relationship. It is recommended that 2 or more Personal Identifiers be established per person.

  • MFA (Multi-factor authentication or 2FA or 2-Factor Authentication) - a multi-step or 2-step account login process that requires users to enter more information than just one.

  • Malware (short for malicious software) - refers to any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals (often called hackers) to steal data and damage or destroy computers and computer systems.

  • Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

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