ESET researchers have discovered PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI as part of its execution flow in order to achieve persistence. This marks the first time generative AI has been deployed in this way. Because the attackers rely on prompting an AI model, specifically Google’s Gemini, to guide malicious UI manipulation, ESET has named this malware family PromptSpy. The malware can capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation attempts, gather device information, take … More → The post PromptSpy: First Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow appeared first on Help Net Security.