You ask an artificial intelligence assistant to download a popular software tool.It confidently finds the project, retrieves the files and starts setting everything up.
There is one problem.The AI found the wrong project.
That mistake may sound like another frustrating AI hallucination.However, researchers have shown how an attacker could turn that wrong answer into a malware delivery system.The technique is called HalluSquatting.
It targets AI tools that can browse the internet, retrieve software and run commands on your computer.An attacker could use it to steal sensitive information or quietly recruit your device into a botnet, a network of infected devices controlled remotely.In a recent research paper, researchers from Tel Aviv University, Technion and Intuit detailed HalluSquatting and tested it against popular AI coding tools and personal assistants.
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That could be a fake statistic or a software project that never existed.Hal...