Work Moved Into the Browser. Security Didn't. AI Is Exposing the Gap
Summary: A Keep Aware analysis describes a browser-based attack in which a fake CAPTCHA page told a user to press Windows+R, paste clipboard contents, and hit Enter, running a shell script in the user's own context with the user's own permissions. The piece argues the browser now hosts compute, storage, I/O, identity, and communication, and that network, endpoint, and identity tools each see only their own layer of that activity.
Key Takeaway: The EDR saw a shell running under an authenticated user, indistinguishable from an admin troubleshooting script, so every layer logged the event and none interpreted it. Extensions, pasted scripts, and AI agents now act inside the same session with the same tokens, which breaks the assumption that an authenticated session means a human made the decision.
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