Hackers are using GPT-4 to build a virtual assistant - here's what we know

In essence, MalTerminal is a malware generator. When adversaries bring it up, it asks if they want to create a ransomware encryptor, or a reverse shell. The prompt is then sent to the GPT-4 AI, which ...

Escape from PARIS: Virus smuggles RNA into bacterial cell to survive immunity

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lorraine, France, have uncovered ...

AI just created a virus that kills bacteria—should we be scared?

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.
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Phishing Campaign Evolves into PureRAT Deployment, Linked to Vietnamese Threat Actors

The attackers used process hollowing against RegAsm.exe, patched Windows defenses such as AMSI and ETW and unpacked further ...

Q&A: How viruses build perfectly symmetrical protective shells

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...
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New string of phishing attacks targets Python developers

If you recently got an email asking you to verify your credentials to a PyPI site, better change that password The Python Software Foundation warned users of a new string of phishing attacks using a ...