The researchers claimed to have discovered AI-supported ransomware for the first time. But this was a misunderstanding.

Researchers from security company ESET have discovered an unusual malware that uses artificial intelligence in a new way.

Security researchers have spotted ransomware that uses a local LLM to create variable output from prompts, making it harder to detect.

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Scientists at NYU developed a ransomware prototype that uses LLMs to autonomously to plan, adapt, and execute ransomware attacks. ESET researchers, not knowing about the NYU project, apparently ...

The discovery of PromptLock shows how malicious use of AI models could supercharge ransomware and other threats.

ESET says PromptLock runs gpt-oss:20b locally on an infected device to help it generate malicious code using hardcoded text ...

While still in development, PromptLock is described as the “first known AI-powered ransomware” by ESET researchers ...

The "PromptLock" ransomware that cyber security firm ESET discovered last month has turned out to be an academic research ...

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