AI Agents and Patch-Gap Exploits Define a Fast-Moving Cybersecurity Week

Security researchers and vendors reported a week in which AI agents, zero-click mobile exploitation and faster exploit chains converged across real-world attack activity. The incidents ranged from agent-assisted credential theft and sandbox escapes to a WeChat proof-of-concept worm, actively exploited PaperCut flaws, and a Chrome-Windows exploit kit that spread among four espionage clusters within days.