Trend Micro, a cybersecurity firm, has sounded the alarm over what it calls the rise of “vibe crime”: fully automated cybercriminal operations powered by agentic AI, which marks a fundamental turn away from traditional ransomware and phishing campaigns. The report from the company forecasts a massive increase in attack volume as criminals take advantage of autonomous AI agents to perform continuous, large-scale operations.
From service to servant model
The criminal ecosystem is evolving from “Cybercrime as a Service” to “Cybercrime as a Servant,” where chained AI agents and autonomous orchestration layers manage end-to-end criminal enterprises. Robert McArdle, director of forward-looking threat research at Trend Micro, stressed that the real risk does not come from sudden explosive growth but rather from the gradual automation of attacks that previously required a lot of skill, time, and effort.
“We will see an optimization of today’s leading attacks, the amplification of attacks that previously had poor ROI, and the emergence of brand new ‘Black Swan’ cybercrime business models,
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