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#6 SecurityWeek general May 11, 2026 at 13:04 UTC

Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit

By Eduard Kovacs

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Google detected the first confirmed AI-generated zero-day exploit in the wild, created by a prominent cybercrime group to bypass two-factor authentication before Google intercepted it. Researchers identified AI-generated artifacts in the exploit code itself, marking a significant escalation in attacker capabilities and validating long-standing concerns about LLMs lowering the barrier for sophisticated exploit development.

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