CISCO TALOS BLOG
NIK C2: The new AI-enabled command-and-control framework
HIGH AI-enabled C2 Windows implant credential dumping HVNC
Strategic summary
NIK C2 shows attackers integrating generative AI directly into the C2 channel to automatically analyze harvested data and lower operational costs.
Relevance for you
NIK C2 shows attackers integrating generative AI directly into the C2 channel to automatically analyze harvested data and lower operational costs.
Risk score
Review required 12
- cvss base
- 0.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 15.00
- raw before weight
- 15.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 0.50
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 7.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
- consensus penalty
- -8.00
Path: operational
Consensus check
The pipeline self-checks before delivery. These rules lowered the score:
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VENDOR_MISMATCHVendor not found in alert title −5 -
TTP_SKIPPEDTTP mapping skipped (placeholder or aggregation article) −3
- Consensus penalty:
- −8.0
- Total penalty:
- −8.0