Cisco ‘warns’ hackers are using Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini AI models

Hackers are using top generative AI models to develop malware, automate cyberattacks and hunt for software vulnerabilities, according to a report from Cisco’s Talos intelligence group. It added that by analysing prompt histories and chat logs accidentally exposed online by hackers, researchers gained a clear look at how threat actors are bypassing safety guardrails on tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini.Claude Code is developed by Anthropic, Codex is a product offered by OpenAI – the maker of ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini which is offered by Google. The findings highlight a growing challenge for AI developers because these same capabilities have been designed to help security engineers and developers write code that can easily be manipulated by malicious actors.

Simple tricks bypass built-in guardrails: Cisco report

Despite the safety filters built into commercial AI models, Cisco researchers discovered that hackers rarely needed complex technical tricks to bypass…