Google Warns of Rising AI Use by State-Backed Hackers in Late 2025

Google Warns of Rising AI Use by State-Backed Hackers in Late 2025

Threat actors increasingly integrated artificial intelligence into cyber operations in the final quarter of 2025, accelerating reconnaissance, social engineering and malware development, according to a new report from Google Threat Intelligence Group. The report, which updates findings published in November 2025, said AI tools delivered significant productivity gains for malicious actors and were used across…