"AI-Generated Malware Found in the Wild"

HP intercepted an email campaign involving a standard malware payload delivered via an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated dropper. The application of Generative AI (GenAI) on the dropper is a significant step towards novel AI-generated malware payloads. The company found an invoice-themed phishing email with an encrypted HTML attachment in June 2024. Phishers typically send targets a ready-encrypted archive file. However, in this case, the attacker implemented the AES decryption key in JavaScript in the attachment, which is uncommon. The decrypted attachment opens with a website but has a VBScript and the "AsyncRAT" infostealer. This article continues to discuss HP's interception of an email campaign comprising a standard malware payload delivered by an AI-generated dropper.

SecurityWeek reports "AI-Generated Malware Found in the Wild"

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