Security News > 2024 > March > From Deepfakes to Malware: AI's Expanding Role in Cyber Attacks
2024-03-19 13:55
Large language models (LLMs) powering artificial intelligence (AI) tools today could be exploited to develop self-augmenting malware capable of bypassing YARA rules. "Generative AI can be used to evade string-based YARA rules by augmenting the source code of small malware variants, effectively lowering detection rates," Recorded Future said in a new report shared with The Hacker News.
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