Hundreds of copies of Chinese-made ARTEX hacking tools leaked online for anyone to use in further attacks

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Researchers found over 1,400 exposed ARTEX instances online, with many linked to offensive security tooling ARTEX combines AI agents with reconnaissance capabilities and has been increasingly adopted in real-world attacks Some operators accidentally exposed malware, exploits, credentials, and internal infrastructure through misconfigured servers Around 1,500 malicious instances of ARTEX were found on the internet, available to anyone who knew where to look, experts have warned. Security researchers Censys said they identified 1,465 hosts running exposed ARTEX consoles. Of those, 155 (roughly 10%) were also running at least one tool commonly used in cyberattacks, including Cobalt Strike, Vshell, or Adaptix C2….

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