New Dolphin X malware uses AI to rank high-value targets
According to a new Dolphin X remote access trojan, fraudsters may determine which victims should be targeted first by using an AI-powered profiling tool to evaluate and rank infected users.
Daniel Kelley, a researcher at Varonis Threat Labs, examined the virus after seeing it being promoted as an all-in-one remote access trojan on a cybercrime forum by a seller going by the moniker "Kontraktnik."
The operator panel displays 329 features in ten categories, including a credential-stealing capability that purports to target over 300 applications, according to Varonis.
An "AI Profiler" that evaluates data gathered from compromised systems and gives each victim a risk level is one of its noteworthy features, though.
The panel has a surveillance option with the AI Profiler in additi...