{"id":97244,"date":"2025-08-27T21:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/97244\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:41:06","slug":"oh-goody-the-first-known-ai-powered-ransomware-has-been-discovered-and-it-may-exfiltrate-data-encrypt-it-or-potentially-destroy-it-pc-gamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/97244\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh goody, the &#039;first known AI-powered ransomware&#039; has been discovered and it &#039;may exfiltrate data, encrypt it, or potentially destroy it&#039; &#8211; PC Gamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxQMkFHQWt3UkF5QS1DVXNpQmZlX00wSnBtbkhRNDM4NzVaVzBWVjdnMnRJVlRzT3I4RXd5V1ZWRE1HWEN3UTUzYWYtWi04RmFVTzNmdUxhOURVOE81M1F5MEhBVFg0S2pFcC1ZeXptTFJrWERJUjRzRVRXY3YtX2NGYWFLU0tNendvUXR5azJBMnl0ZTJEa3hMWm5ycVRLbk5XYk1NMFl2MWdWZjFacFlLUTZGU3I2andtQnRSbkozbXpwdjdENnlKQ0w5UzFKRnlfTS1xYUVSd1hEOHROQWhWZmJlRl9qbkhYZTFJRzFfUUxmdmZZS3laWEd4MA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oh goody, the &#8216;first known AI-powered ransomware&#8217; has been discovered and it &#8216;may exfiltrate data, encrypt it, or potentially destroy it&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PC Gamer<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNZk9veXVTaEZFMWhhWWI4YTJ0ZDBPTjRZTWVyb3k1VzhHd0JIcjNnMDhNVmtDczhnOHl6TVRiWnBNcmF1R21mRldVai1QUXpJX19rTlcxTkxtV0UxTVF5dXVfTFY3d2IyTjljNFdTTG9MNDRFOS1jd2RPTEM4eVAzUmF0aVotUGpGRm8tVF9KYW1Qa0RUVFdXM1lRdW1fZWRXUDhSZ1FR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First known AI-powered ransomware uncovered by ESET Research<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WeLiveSecurity<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwJBVV95cUxPTHlzTjNnU041bDNVbUJXVU5jck5idGY1MnRHZmJYTUVzUWg0Yy1ObXRZVlYxbGh0WlljLWVIM0ZkV0h6RGdmMm9SUFVNcXdCLTBvRWt5MnI3QUktZjNqbzN1cHVrNERHRG9HZFh2RmYxMlp6MzRPZHAyNDFPWkR4aVQzUF9Ud01Tb2RKRHlmcnBhY0ZmVlRXZXZ3cTA1M1J3N2dfMW85ZTR4QzlvX0I4QWFMQnBLd1NnUk5yajBoN2lMdm5PaDNueFRCajMxeTBweVlrUVM3ekxjRDdaazJRQ1ROa3NmZW1uT2J0UHhSNjdTV2FHRkZGeTRQVmd0M3dMUUFkYmYteExBOGFTXzRSUERlSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The first AI-powered ransomware has been discovered \u2014 &#8220;PromptLock&#8221; uses local AI to foil heuristic detection and evade API tracking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tom&#8217;s Hardware<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAJBVV95cUxOQkZHRkloMEJYYXBwRS13akpqMm5IempQUHhJdjV5dWpsLXlrZE5NRGFPdGZKeVdrLXRDZmtZckJsazRjNzBLenF4TTRmaUxCTlhKU1VwRldHRXdzT2NCOVhOLTlGYVRTWnZIRTEzMExSc2hYQW5uczdCSU9TVDAwY1N0NWNGbGRNbWRic2x2RWxPdUhxWklJUUUxT1g4VWJ0bkQ1STFMemtXanJmdk1pLUwxaDJodEd6S2dhRHM3YmY5YkhCS1NQVDRyakNxeVByZUItM0JydDFnMzBuWUhRUFBwSDdrZFFacFhFMXREZjduaDhmR1J3T2k2djY2aTBpeTl2ag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Security researchers have just identified what could be the first \u2018AI-powered\u2019 ransomware strain \u2013 and it uses OpenAI\u2019s gpt-oss-20b model<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;IT Pro<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQWTd2amVaS2FwMEtPZ1FsNGEtalM1SnlGY0VucVQ3NFVxUUgzMElPT2ZhWEVmZVhKcUJteHJoMWNhYmNDd3RoSjc5cjQyU3RLTGZ0V3VXTHNHbVRBTXIxUEUyZGdYdXJDdmd1WWVtaGV3S0QtYUxYczBYc3J0NzR0R2FvOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First AI-powered ransomware spotted, but it&#8217;s not active \u2013 yet<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;theregister.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oh goody, the &#8216;first known AI-powered ransomware&#8217; 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