📌 TOPINDIATOURS Eksklusif ai: Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to A

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly.

An experimental malware family dubbed PROMPTFLUX, identified by GTIG in a recent blog post, can rewrite its own code to avoid detection.

It’s an escalation that could make future malware far more difficult to detect, further highlighting growing cybersecurity concerns brought on by the advent and widespread adoption of generative AI.

Tools like PROMPTFLUX “dynamically generate malicious scripts, obfuscate their own code to evade detection, and leverage AI models to create malicious functions on demand, rather than hard-coding them into the malware,” GTIG wrote.

According to the tech giant, this new “just-in-time” approach “represents a significant step toward more autonomous and adaptive malware.”

PROMPTFLUX is a Trojan horse malware that interacts with Google’s Gemini AI model’s application programming interface (API) to learn how to modify itself to avoid detection on the fly.

“Further examination of PROMPTFLUX samples suggests this code family is currently in a development or testing phase since some incomplete features are commented out and a mechanism exists to limit the malware’s Gemini API calls,” the group wrote.

Fortunately, the exploit has yet to be observed infecting machines in the wild, as the “current state of this malware does not demonstrate an ability to compromise a victim network or device,” Google noted. “We have taken action to disable the assets associated with this activity.”

Nonetheless, GTIG noted that malware like PROMPTFLUX appears to be “associated with financially motivated actors.” The team warned of a maturing “underground marketplace for illicit AI tools,” which could lower the “barrier to entry for less sophisticated actors.”

The threat of adversaries leveraging AI tools is very real. According to Google, “State-sponsored actors from North Korea, Iran, and the People’s Republic of China” are already tinkering with the AI to enhance their operations.

In response to the threat, GTIG introduced a new conceptual framework aimed at securing AI systems.

While generative AI can be used to create almost impossible-to-detect malware, it can be used for good as well. For instance, Google recently introduced an AI agent, dubbed Big Sleep, which is designed to use AI to identify security vulnerabilities in software.

In other words, it’s AI being pitted against AI in a cybersecurity war that’s evolving rapidly.

More on AI and cybersecurity: Serious New Hack Discovered Against OpenAI’s New AI Browser

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🔗 Sumber: futurism.com

📌 TOPINDIATOURS Update ai: Astronauts’ pee could be used to grow food in deep spac

Space is hard. Future astronauts will face a long list of excruciating challenges. These include facing the harsh loneliness of months-long trips away from Earth and exposure to space radiation. Then, of course, there’s the question of food and sustenance.

We’ve always known that future space explorers would have to get creative when it comes to food in space. Now, however, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it will test a powdered protein that requires almost no ingredients to produce. In fact, future space explorers could produce it using only the air they breathe and urine.

Searching for sustainable space food solutions

Today, the only food humans eat in space is produced on Earth. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are served food that was prepared and then launched to the station on cargo missions.

For more distant destinations, like Mars, sending food from Earth would not be feasible. With existing technologies, it would take roughly seven months to send a cargo mission to Mars.

With this context in mind, ESA has launched the Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria in Weightlessness as a Source of Nutrition (HOBI-WAN) project, as part of its Terrae Novae Exploration Programme. HOBI-WAN will test a powdered protein called Solein, developed by Finnish food technology company Solar Foods.

In a press statement, Angelique Van Ombergen, ESA’s Chief Exploration Scientist, said, “This project aims at developing a key resource which will allow us to improve human spaceflight’s autonomy, resilience, and also the well-being of our astronauts.”

“For human beings to be able to implement long-duration missions on the moon, or even one day to go to Mars, will require innovative and sustainable solutions to be able to survive with limited supplies,” she continued.

Testing Solein in Earth’s orbit

Solar Foods has tested its Solein protein powder on Earth. In a bioreactor, a nutrient solution containing a bacterial culture is fed with microbes present in the air. A gas fermentation process turns this mixture into an edible powder.

However, one key change would be necessary in space. On Earth, ammonia provides a nitrogen source for protein synthesis. In space, where ammonia is not readily available, urea could be used as a viable alternative. Urea is an organic compound found in urine.

Gases and liquids behave differently in microgravity, meaning a stringent testing campaign is required to verify whether Solein can be produced in space.

As ESA points out in its statement, Solar Foods is set to collaborate with prime contractor OHB System AG to test Solein production for space applications. “The first eight-month phase of the HOBI-WAN project will focus on developing a ground-based science model of the Solein production technology,” the statement read, “followed by a second phase dedicated to the manufacturing, testing, and launch of the actual flight equipment.”

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com