LameHug: Russia’s AI Malware Embraces Hugs, Not Bugs!
LameHug malware has entered the scene, using AI to craft data-theft commands like a cyber Shakespeare. Ukrainian experts point the finger at Russia’s APT28 group, who apparently decided to swap out their spy bears for coding poets. It’s the first malware to use AI for command generation, proving that even malware can be trendy.
Hot Take:
Move over, old-school malware! LameHug is here to show that even malicious software wants to stay trendy by jumping on the AI bandwagon. Who knew that cybercriminals would start to embrace AI like millennials embrace avocado toast? Next thing you know, malware will be taking selfies and posting them on Insta!
Key Points:
- LameHug is a new strain of malware using AI to generate data-theft commands.
- It has been linked to Russia’s APT28, a.k.a. Fancy Bear and a dozen other aliases.
- Infected systems have their data stolen via SFTP or HTTP POST.
- The malware disguises itself as a .pif file in phishing campaigns.
- It utilizes an open-source language model from Alibaba for coding tasks.
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