Hugging Face Blog Compares CUGA, Hermes, and Deep Agents Harnesses
The blog compares CUGA, Hermes, and Deep Agents harnesses for the same model and advises on when to pick each.
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The blog compares CUGA, Hermes, and Deep Agents harnesses for the same model and advises on when to pick each.

Named cases include ARTEX at Korean banks and ConnectWise, Hermes at Thailand's finance ministry, and AI-assisted API attacks in Japan.

Named cases include ARTEX and Hermes, plus three Wiz investigations that begin with an exposed Flowise service.
Leash Bio’s Ian Quigley discusses DNA-encoded library data and the new Minos dataset for scientific agents.
SANS published two Python scripts that reconstruct OpenCode and Hermes AI agent activity for forensic review.

Nous Research raised $90 million at a $1.5 billion valuation and launched Hermes for Businesses.
HERMES uses modular Dev-Primitives to beat baseline software-engineering agent harnesses by 12.4% on four benchmarks.

Researchers found an exposed French cybercrime server holding GHOST C2, phishing kits, AI agents, and over 16,000 stolen credentials.
An operator used three open-source AI agents to compromise at least 27 organizations and steal over 600,000 card records.

A Chinese-speaking actor used autonomous AI agents to compromise online retailers and steal over 600,000 credit cards.

Operator using open-source AI agents Strix, Cairn, and Hermes compromised hundreds of retailers, stealing 600,000+ credit cards at about $25 per target.

Researchers exposed BlackHatSect0r && DXQRTXX infrastructure showing a safety-disabled Hermes AI agent used to automate scanning, credential harvesting, and vishing against French telecom subscribers.
Researchers found 120 corporate llms.txt files pointing to unregistered packages, demonstrating AI coding agents install and execute attacker-controlled code on Fortune 500 networks.

Analysis found 227 install commands from Claude, Codex, and Hermes agents inside corporate networks pointing to packages with no verifiable owner.

Suspected Chinese hackers used eight AI agents to autonomously breach Taiwan government networks, compromising 85+ accounts and stealing 2,500 personnel records.

Dream researchers observed the first near-autonomous AI attack on a government target, with suspected Chinese hackers stealing 2,500+ Taiwan records.
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