Oh goody, the ‘first known AI-powered ransomware’ has been discovered and it ‘may exfiltrate data, encrypt it, or potentially destroy it’
via infosec.exchange
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Like a cut episode of Black Mirror, a ransomware has been spotted that prompts AI to cause havoc in machines. Naturally, it’s called PromptLock, and it reportedly uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss-20b, which means it doesn’t need a constant connection to the internet to operate. According to Eset Research (via Tom’s Hardware), this new ransomware uses “the […]