Check Point’s latest threat index emphasizes the shift towards AI-driven malware tactics in the current cyber landscape Check Point’s Global Threat Index for September 2024 revealed its Global Threat Index for September 2024. The report highlights an interesting trend in the cybersecurity landscape, particularly the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven malware, alongside the ongoing dominance of ransomware threats. This month, researchers discovered that threat actors likely used AI to develop a script that delivers AsyncRAT malware, which has now ranked 10th on the most prevalent malware list. The method involved HTML smuggling, where a password-protected ZIP file containing malicious VBScript […]
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