New framework aims to outsmart malware evasion tricks

Attackers have learned how to trick machine learning malware detectors with small but clever code changes, and researchers say they may finally have an answer. In a new paper, academics from Inria and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security…

Healthcare Services Group discloses 2024 data breach that impacted 624,496 people

Healthcare Services Group suffered a 2024 breach, exposing personal data of 624,000+ people. Affected individuals are now being notified. In 2024, Healthcare Services Group suffered a data breach that impacted over 624,496 people, as per notification sent to the Maine Attorney General’s Office. Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (HCSG) is a U.S.-based company that provides housekeeping, laundry, […]

Infostealers: The Silent Smash-and-Grab Driving Modern Cybercrime

Competition among malware-as-a-service developers has transformed infostealers into refined, accessible tools for cybercriminals worldwide.
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PromptLock: First AI-Powered Ransomware Emerges

Proof-of-concept ransomware uses AI models to generate attack scripts in real time.
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ESET warns of PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware

ESET found PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware, using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b via Ollama to generate and run malicious Lua scripts. In a series of messages published on X, ESET Research announced the discovery of the first known AI-powered ransomware, named PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to […]

China linked Silk Typhoon targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic

The China-linked APT group Silk Typhoon targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect it to a website that delivered malware. China-linked cyberespionage group Silk Typhoon targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect to a website used to deliver malware, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warns. Cyberspies hijacked a network’s captive portal using an […]