AI Ransomware Alert: Meet PromptLock, the Digital Trouble You Didn’t Know You Needed
ESET Research has stumbled upon PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware that uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b model to hatch malicious Lua scripts like a digital chicken laying rotten eggs. This cyber baddie is a work-in-progress but already capable of encrypting files faster than you can say “Oops, there goes my data!”
Hot Take:
In a plot twist that would make even your grandma’s knitting patterns look predictable, ESET has unearthed the world’s first AI-driven ransomware, PromptLock. This digital Houdini uses AI to generate malicious scripts faster than you can say “Ctrl+Alt+Delete.” Welcome to the future, where even ransomware has a higher IQ than your toaster.
Key Points:
- ESET discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, PromptLock.
- PromptLock uses OpenAI’s GPT-OSS:20B model via the Ollama API.
- The malware generates malicious Lua scripts to encrypt and exfiltrate data.
- Supports multiple platforms: Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- Currently considered a proof-of-concept or work-in-progress.
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