North Korea’s hackers using AI for attacks, cybersecurity firm says

The article, titled 'North Korea's hackers using AI for attacks, cybersecurity firm says,' presents the finding as a report from the company. The report is attributed to Genians, which is described as being based in Seoul.

In its report, Genians stated that Kimsuky ran open-source tools such as Ollama, GPT-4All and Msty. According to the company, these tools were used to operate large language models offline. The offline operation was intended to avoid detection, the firm said. By running the models locally rather than through cloud-based services, the hackers could reduce the digital signals that security monitoring systems typically track. The tools named are all open-source, meaning they are freely available for anyone to download and use.

It also does not mention when the activity was observed or how Genians obtained its information. The report focuses on the technique of using offline, open-source AI tools to evade detection. The article's headline summarises the report's key claim: North Korea's hackers are using AI for attacks. No additional information is included in the excerpt.