interview It all started as an idea for a research paper. Within a week, however, it nearly set the security industry on fire over what was believed to be the first-ever AI-powered ransomware.

Criminals can use artificial intelligence, specifically large language models, to autonomously carry out ransomware attacks ...

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 ...

While ESET considers PromptLock a proof of concept, the threat it represents is very real. Dubai, UAE - 29th August 2025: ESET researchers have uncovered a new type of ransomware that leverages ...

Welcome to the official repository for Krnl, a Lua script injector designed for Roblox game development. Krnl is a powerful tool that assists developers in creating ...

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

Researchers at security vendor ESET have uncovered PromptLock, the first known ransomware strain powered by generative AI.

Cybercriminals are increasingly using generative AI tools to fuel their attacks, with new research finding instances of AI ...

ESET says PromptLock runs gpt-oss:20b locally on an infected device to help it generate malicious code using hardcoded text prompts, though it might be a proof of concept.

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