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

PromptLock is only a prototype of LLM-orchestrated ransomware, but hackers already use AI in file encryption and extortion ...

PromptLock malware leverages AI to create Lua scripts for data exfiltration and encryption across Windows and Linux systems.

ESET uncovers AI-powered PromptLock ransomware using OpenAI gpt-oss:20b model, complicating detection with variable Lua scripts.

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

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 ...

ESET Research discovers PromptLock, a new type of ransomware using GenAI to execute attacks.The malware runs a locally ...

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