[ad_1] Slovakia-based cyber security vendor ESET said it has discovered “the first known” artificial intelligence-powered ransomware that generates malicious scripts on-the-fly on infected machines. ESET called the ransomware “PromptLock”, and has uploaded Microsoft Windows and Linux samples to Google’s VirusTotal scanning site. For now, ESET said there are multiple indicators that suggest the ransomware, which...Read More
[ad_1] Oyster Backdoor malware has been observed disguising itself as legitimate IT management tools WinSCP and PuTTY in a campaign targeting IT professionals, with evidence suggesting a link to ransomware operations. Researchers from BlueVoyant have conducted an investigation into a recent attack within a healthcare sector client environment, where the Oyster Backdoor was delivered through...Read More
[ad_1] The State of Nevada says it suffered “network security incident” While not officially described as a cyberattack, it certainly resembles a ransomware attack There is no evidence of stolen files yet Offices, websites, and phone lines of the state government of Nevada were all made unavailable and taken offline following an apparent cyberattack. The...Read More
[ad_1] Nevada remains two days into a cyberattack that began early Sunday, disrupting government websites, phone systems, and online platforms, and forcing all state offices to close on Monday. The impact of the attack was first felt on Sunday morning, with the Governor’s Technology Office stating that a ‘network issue’ began around 1:52 AM PT,...Read More
[ad_1] Don’t miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Whether for malicious purposes or simply research, someone appears to be using OpenAI’s open-source model for ransomware attacks, according to antivirus company ESET. On Tuesday, ESET said it had discovered “the first known AI-powered ransomware,” which the company has...Read More
[ad_1] ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the “first known AI-powered ransomware,” which they named PromptLock. The good news, according to the duo, who detailed PromptLock in a series of social media posts and screenshots on Tuesday, is that the malware doesn’t appear to be fully functional...Read More
[ad_1] Researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET claim to have identified the first piece of AI-powered ransomware in the wild. The malware, called PromptLock, essentially functions as a hard-coded prompt injection attack on a large language model, causing the model to assist in carrying out a ransomware attack. Written in Golang programming code, the malware sends...Read More
[ad_1] ESET today announced the discovery of “the first known AI-powered ransomware.” The ransomware in question has been dubbed PromptLock, presumably because seemingly everything related to generative AI has to be prefixed with “prompt.” ESET said that this malware uses an open-weight large language model developed by OpenAI to generate scripts that can perform a...Read More
[ad_1] Don’t miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Whether for malicious purposes or simply research, someone appears to be using OpenAI’s open-source model for ransomware attacks, according to antivirus company ESET. On Tuesday, ESET said it had discovered “the first known AI-powered ransomware,” which the company has...Read More
[ad_1] A new ransomware has been identified, which is believed to be the first-ever ransomware strain that leverages a local AI model to generate its malicious components. Dubbed “PromptLock” by the ESET Research team that discovered it, the malware uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b model via the Ollama API to create custom, cross-platform Lua scripts for its...Read More
