An old security technology that has gotten little attention is finally ready for a new closeup. It goes by the name polymorphic code — or alternatively, automated moving target defense or AMTD ...

A polymorphic virus, sometimes referred to as a metamorphic virus, is a type of malware that is programmed to repeatedly mutate its appearance or signature files through new decryption routines.

Mutating, or polymorphic, malware can be built using the ChatGPT API at runtime to effect advanced attacks that can evade endpoint detections and response (EDR) applications.

All of today’s popular anti-virus vendors are using similar techniques to recognize server-side polymorphic code, among their quiver of technologies.

In computer terminology, polymorphic code is code that uses a polymorphic engine to mutate while keeping the original algorithm intact.

Because most server-side polymorphic code is based on a very small subset of malware families, the researchers can essentially convert the random-looking code back into the original family member.

OpenAI's ChatGPT has reportedly created a new strand of polymorphic malware following text-based interactions with cybersecurity researchers at CyberArk. According to a technical write-up recently ...

Maybe even some scary polymorphic code that changed and adapted to the victim's environment on which it was run. The reality was quite the opposite.

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