Researchers at ESET, the company behind the NOD32 antivirus, have discovered a new Android malware called PromptSpy that uses Google Gemini to manipulate users. Unlike traditional malware, which often ...

Researchers say PromptSpy is the first Android malware to use generative AI during execution, querying Gemini to stay on a device.

Researchers have discovered the first known Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow, using Google's Gemini ...

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PromptSpy Android malware abuses Google Gemini to analyze screens, automate persistence, block removal, and enable VNC-based remote device control.

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Android malware usually relies on taps, coordinates, and UI selectors to execute tasks, but these have a tendency to break when running on different devices, which makes the use of Gemini a clever way ...

ESET researchers discover PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI in its execution flow.

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