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Our colleagues at Sentinel Labs have provided yet another great research and analysis.  As Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly incorporated into software‑development workflows, they also have the potential to become powerful new tools for adversaries; as defenders, it is important that we understand the implications of their use and how that use affects the dynamics of the security space.

In Sentinel’s research, they wanted to understand how LLMs are being used and how analysts could s

Cybercriminals are abusing Grok AI, the conversational assistant built into X (formerly Twitter), to spread malware through a campaign researchers have dubbed "Grokking."  The scheme was uncovered by Guardio Labs researcher Nati Tal, who found that attackers are leveraging Grok's trusted status on the platform to amplify malicious links hidden in promoted ads.[1]

Instead of including a clickable link directly in the ad where X's scanning mechanisms might detect i,t attackers hide the malicious U