Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt ...

ESET uncovers AI-powered PromptLock ransomware using OpenAI gpt-oss:20b model, complicating detection with variable Lua scripts.

PromptLock malware leverages AI to create Lua scripts for data exfiltration and encryption across Windows and Linux systems.

Oh, look, a use case for OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b model ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the "first known AI-powered ransomware," which ...

ESET Research discovers PromptLock, a new type of ransomware using GenAI to execute attacks.The malware runs a locally ...