ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware

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ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware

ESET's latest threat report documents attackers leveraging artificial intelligence platforms and adapting techniques to emerging technologies. The research highlights malicious AI skills, AI-assisted malware, ClickFix social engineering attacks, increased quishing campaigns, and ransomware tools targeting security software defenses.

Why it matters: Security teams need to understand how threat actors are weaponizing AI tools and refining social engineering tactics to assess whether existing detection and response capabilities address these evolving attack patterns.

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2026-07-31 14:01 UTC

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2026-07-31 16:30 UTC