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SofianeHamlaouion PromptLock: The AI-Powered Ransomware – A Dive into ESET's Discovery

ESET uncovers PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b via Ollama API to generate dynamic Lua scripts for cross-platform data exfiltration and SPECK 128-bit encryption, marking a new era in ransomware sophistication.

SofianeHamlaouion Trapping Chinese and Russian Bots Using an SSH Honeypot

After running an SSH honeypot on Ubuntu 24.04 for 30 days, it recorded 11,599 login attempts, revealing the persistent brute force activity and automated attacks targeting exposed SSH services. This insight highlights attacker methods and weak credential exploitation.

SofianeHamlaouion Hack the Hacker – How to Setup an SSH Honeypot

As I mentioned earlier, following my post here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40694768), I received numerous messages inquiring about the process. To address your questions, I've written a comprehensive blog post that explains everything in detail from start to finish. Thank you for your interest! If there’s anything you feel needs further clarification or detail, please let me know.