Vibe-coding makes light work for unskilled hackers
Cybersecurity experts have identified the use of generative AI tools by unskilled hackers to create malware. The presence of emojis and tutorial-style comments in malicious code suggests a reliance on AI to bypass traditional technical barriers.
When an organisation suspects they’ve suffered a cyber breach, CyberCX’s digital forensic and incident response team are first on the scene. Last year while poring over a client’s code they spotted something unusual: a series of emojis – magnifying glass, printer, refresh button – sprinkled across a piece of malware that was trying to crack open an internal password database.
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