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

MalTerminal uses GPT-4 to generate ransomware or reverse shell code at runtime LLM-enabled malware evades detection by creating malicious logic only during execution Researchers found no evidence of ...
Bleeping Computer

NPM nukes NodeJS malware opening Windows, Linux reverse shells

NPM has removed multiple packages hosted on its repository this week that established connection to remote servers and exfiltrated user data. These 4 packages had collected over 1,000 total downloads ...
Forbes

The Growing Risks Of AI-Generated Cyberattacks

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The cybersecurity landscape has forever shifted. Two years ago, if you wanted to create or ...
Bleeping Computer

NodeJS module downloaded 7M times lets hackers inject code

A Node.js module downloaded millions of times has a security flaw that can enable attackers to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on a server or get full-fledged remote shell access. The ...
Ars Technica

what is a "reverse shell"?

Hi all,<BR><BR>I recently came across the term "reverse shell" on internet, but have not succeeded finding a definition for this term.<BR><BR>If anyone knows what this is and how it differs from a ...