fromThe Hacker News
1 week agoResearchers Uncover GPT-4-Powered MalTerminal Malware Creating Ransomware, Reverse Shell
In a report examining the malicious use of LLMs, the cybersecurity company said AI models are being increasingly used by threat actors for operational support, as well as for embedding them into their tools - an emerging category called LLM-embedded malware that's exemplified by the appearance of LAMEHUG (aka PROMPTSTEAL) and PromptLock. This includes the discovery of a previously reported Windows executable called MalTerminal that uses OpenAI GPT-4 to dynamically generate ransomware code or a reverse shell.
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