Web coding is yesterday's news, web hacking is in trend

Anthropic has released its latest Threat Intelligence report, the main thesis of which is that vibe hacking is gaining popularity.

Vibe-hacking is when AI, such as Claude Code, is used not only as an advisor but also to search for vulnerabilities or write malicious code. You just need to come up with a scheme and successfully write queries for the neural network. One such hacker developed a scheme to blackmail 17 organisations around the world, including hospitals, religious institutions, emergency services, and even state security agencies. The ransom amount was more than $500,000. Claude was involved as a consultant and executor - all on a turnkey basis.

Other cases are no less interesting:

North Korean IT specialists helped by Claude got jobs in Fortune 500 companies - without English, without knowing the code, just using AI. The money went to a military programme, and there are also examples of industrial espionage. People who can't write code, have no professional knowledge, speak very little English, and know nothing about American culture and laws simply ask Claude to do everything and get a job. Once they get the job, they can continue to work, performing their duties with the help of AI. So, don't tell your boss that you can't do something - a Korean military man can after building a palace for the majestic Kim Jong-un.

Romantic scams also got AI-powered: a Telegram bot named Claude created emotional and authentic messages to hook victims in the US, Japan, and Korea and lure them out of their money.

AI was also used to create phishing emails, malicious code, and bypass filters - the use of artificial intelligence significantly speeds up these processes and allows for flexible adaptation to the victim. Whereas social engineering used to require a team of people with knowledge of psychology, now it can be done by one person with no programming or psychology knowledge, just the ability to write good queries for AI.