Academic researchers created AI-powered “PromptLock” ransomware

The “PromptLock” ransomware that cyber security firm ESET discovered last month has turned out to be an academic research prototype, and not an actual attempt at creating the first AI-powered criminal malware. Researchers from New York University Tandon School of Engineering contacted iTnews to explain that the suspicious code ESET found on Google’s VirusTotal malware scanning […]

Agentic cyber security AI abused for Citrix Netscaler attacks

Cyber security vendor Check Point Software says a recently released AI-powered framework for fast automated testing has quickly become abused by threat actors to develop and execute attacks, including current ones on Citrix Netscaler appliances. The framework in question is Hexstrike AI and Check Point’s director of solution engineering, Amit Weigman, said that threat actors […]