[ad_1] The cybersecurity sector in 2025 stands at a pivotal juncture. While macroeconomic headwinds—rising interest rates, inflation, and cautious corporate spending—have tempered broader tech growth, the cybersecurity market continues to defy expectations. Global revenue is projected to surpass $368 billion by 2033, driven by escalating AI-driven threats and a widening skills gap. Yet, the sector’s...Read More

[ad_1] Researchers discover new PromptLock ransomware PromptLock is AI powered – presenting new concerns for security teams AI is already shaking up the cyber landscape Security researchers from ESET have identified the first known AI-powered ransomware, which serves as a warning for security teams as generative AI has, and will, continue to make cyberattacks much...Read More

[ad_1] Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The malware uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b model through the Ollama API to dynamically generate the malicious Lua scripts from hard-coded prompts. How PromptLock works According to ESET researchers, PromptLock is written in...Read More

[ad_1] comment Anthropic, a maker of AI tools, says that AI tools are now commonly used to commit cybercrime and facilitate remote worker fraud. By saying so in a 25-page report [PDF], the biz aims to reassure the public and private sector that it can mitigate the harmful use of its technology with “sophisticated safety...Read More

[ad_1] Hackers have manipulated Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot to launch ransomware campaigns, phishing schemes, and extortion operations, according to a recent company report. The attacks, which targeted at least 17 organisations, demonstrate how individuals with little or no technical expertise used AI tools to carry out sophisticated cybercrime. Anthropic revealed that its chatbot was used...Read More

[ad_1] Jakarta – Anthropic announced on Wednesday 27 August that it managed to detect and block hackers’ attempts to abuse Claude’s artificial intelligence (AI) system in making phishing emails, producing malicious codes, and trying to trick security filters. The findings, published in a report, highlight growing concerns that AI tools are increasingly being exploited for...Read More

[ad_1] Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-time. The open-weight language model was released by OpenAI earlier this month. “PromptLock leverages...Read More

[ad_1] Jakarta – Anthropic announced on Wednesday 27 August that it managed to detect and block hackers’ attempts to abuse Claude’s artificial intelligence (AI) system in making phishing emails, producing malicious codes, and trying to trick security filters. The findings, published in a report, highlight growing concerns that AI tools are increasingly being exploited for...Read More

[ad_1] Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Media Contact: Desa James | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-2669 | desa.james@okstate.edu The U.S. is facing a projected shortfall of 2.1 million unfilled manufacturing jobs by 2030.  Two researchers from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, Drs. Sri Ramesh and Ranji Vaidyanathan, are prepared to face this issue head-on with...Read More

[ad_1] Cybersecurity researchers at Huntress identified a novel ransomware variant dubbed Cephalus, deployed in two separate incidents targeting organizations lacking robust access controls. This emerging threat, which claims its name from Greek mythology symbolizing inevitable tragedy, leverages exposed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) endpoints as its primary initial access vector, exploiting compromised credentials without multi-factor authentication...Read More