DeepSeek can be gently persuaded to spit out malware code

DeepSeek's flagship R1 model is capable of generating a working keylogger and basic ransomware code, just as long as a techie ...
Security Boulevard

What is Polymorphic Malware?

Malware continues to evolve, becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. One of the most challenging types is polymorphic malware — malicious software that constantly changes its code to evade ...
Security Boulevard

Hackers Use LLM to Create React2Shell Malware, the Latest Example of AI-Generated Threat

Darktrace researchers say hackers used AI and LLMs to create malware to exploit the React2Shell vulnerability to mine cryptocurrency. It's the latest example of bad actor's using AI to create ...
Bleeping Computer

REvil ransomware returns: New malware sample confirms gang is back

The notorious REvil ransomware operation has returned amidst rising tensions between Russia and the USA, with new infrastructure and a modified encryptor allowing for more targeted attacks. In October ...
Dark Reading

Attackers Are Already Exploiting ChatGPT to Write Malicious Code

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late November, many security experts have predicted it would only be a matter of time before cybercriminals began using the AI chatbot for writing malware and enabling ...
Gizmodo

ChatGPT Is Pretty Good at Writing Malware, It Turns Out

The trendy new chatbot has many skills, and one of them is writing "polymorphic" malware that will destroy your computer. Reading time 2 minutes ChatGPT, the multi-talented AI-chatbot, has another ...
Ars Technica

ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware

Since its beta launch in November, AI chatbot ChatGPT has been used for a wide range of tasks, including writing poetry, technical papers, novels, and essays and planning parties and learning about ...
Computer Weekly

How real and present is the malware threat from AI?

Over the last few months, we have seen a number of proof of concepts (PoCs) that demonstrate ways ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms can be used to perform many tasks involved in a typical ...
Dark Reading

Millions of Routers, IoT Devices at Risk as Malware Source Code Surfaces on GitHub

The authors of a dangerous malware sample targeting millions of routers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices have uploaded its source code to GitHub, meaning other criminals can now quickly spin up ...