The rise of neural ghosts and AI-driven hijacks
We are no longer in the age of the lone script kiddie lobbing pre-cooked exploits from their mum’s basement. What is emerging instead are neural ghosts—AI-powered entities capable of autonomously probing, adapting, and burrowing into networks. Think of them as digital fungi: self-replicating, invisible, and patient enough to live under your floorboards for years before fruiting. Proof-of-concepts like Neural Ghost and FungusFiber ISP hijacks already sketch what such systems can become: distributed, stealthy, and frighteningly persistent. ...