Cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro discovered that Kasseika ransomware is being used by threat actors to disable antivirus programs using driver functionality. First introduced in 2023, this type of ransomware was found to reap financial benefits through extortion through encryption. The nefarious actors deploy targeted phishing for initial network breaches, leveraging the Martini.sys driver to disable security defenses. The security industry is advised to implement a multi-layered strategy and update security products frequently to fend off such attacks.
Researchers use jailbreak to build functional malware via DeepSeek
Tenable researchers have demonstrated how generative AI could be used to develop malware, such as keyloggers and ransomware, using the DeepSeek R1 tool. The researchers
