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Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model

Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model

Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock. Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to… 

Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors

Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors

Aug 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Artificial Intelligence Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data… 

US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ to seek jobs and steal money

US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ to seek jobs and steal money

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned an international fraud network used by North Korea to infiltrate U.S. companies with hackers posing as legitimate job seekers, agency officials announced Wednesday. The sanctions are the latest action taken…