Cyber AI Digest
  1. Microsoft Security blog Oct 29, 2026
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    North Korean groups use AI to accelerate their cyberattacks.

    • According to Microsoft, AI serves existing objectives and operations remain led by humans.

    • The groups use AI to create targeted lures and fake identities for social engineering.

    • Onyx Sleet created dozens of PDF lures in a few minutes, very likely using an AI platform.

    • Onyx Sleet and Pearl Sleet use ARTEX, an open source framework for agentic AI penetration testing.

    Read the original article Tracking AI adoption in North Korean threat actor tradecraft microsoft.com