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AI-driven cyber attacks automate intrusions and mass data analysis

As companies push to overhaul operations with AI, cyber attackers are also accelerating their own AI-driven shift. Hackers are moving beyond using AI to build ransomware tools, using it to search breached networks and expand access. Microsoft and other reports describe AI agents automating attacks and changing credentials to maintain persistence. Executives and security experts warn AI is amplifying vulnerabilities and could trigger a wave of incident disclosures in coming weeks and months.

Finance

KOSPI faces rebound test as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shareholder returns in focus

South Korea's stock market will test the scope for a rebound this week as investors weigh the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee meeting and major earnings at home and abroad. With doubts persisting about the profitability of AI investment, semiconductor results and future investment plans are expected to shape sentiment. SK Hynix reports third-quarter earnings on Oct. 28 and Samsung Electronics releases final third-quarter figures on Oct. 29, with attention on HBM demand, capex and shareholder returns.

AI & Enterprise

AI delivers no results outside big tech, S&P 500 firms' sales, margins stagnate

Apollo Global Management said heavy investment has poured into AI, but U.S. companies outside big tech have yet to see any financial results. The report said the Magnificent 7 are raising revenue per employee and profit margins, while the other 493 S&P 500 companies show no change in either measure. It also said there is no sign AI has lifted productivity growth and that some firms are cutting AI spending as token costs are increasingly viewed as a drag on margins.