AI powered autonomous ransomware campaigns are coming, say experts

So far, it only works in a university lab setting, she pointed out, but she doesn’t doubt a real tool used by a threat actor is coming. She’s more interested today in the fact that such a tool will make it easier for less technically sophisticated people to enter the ransomware game.

Joseph Steinberg, a US-based cybersecurity and AI expert, also wasn’t surprised by the research.

“While the folks at NYU produced a proof of concept,” he said in an email to CSO, “it is entirely possible that criminals beat them to it. I have already seen AIs that can do scans, write malware, identify which resources are most valuable, [and more]. It is no surprise that someone found a way to have an AI automate such functions.”