Hacking on Autopilot: Inside ARTEX Cybercrime Campaigns

Check Point Research has observed cybercriminals using autonomous AI agentic hacking platforms like ARTEX to conduct large-scale, financially motivated attacks. Analyzing exposed operator consoles revealed that threat actors predominantly utilized Chinese LLMs, such as DeepSeek Flash, to execute opportunistic campaigns targeting gray-market signing certificates, cryptocurrency assets, and mobile gaming accounts with minimal human intervention. Open article →