ESET discovers PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware
ESET Research discovers PromptLock, a new type of ransomware using GenAI to execute attacks. The malware runs a locally accessible AI language model to generate malicious Lua scripts in real time, which are compatible across Windows, Linux, and macOS. PromptLock uses a freely available language model accessed via an API, meaning the generated malicious scripts […]