Infosecurity Europe: AI Adoption Creates New Opportunities for Attackers to Distribute Malware, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft DART details the 'JustAskJacky' campaign in which a malicious, professionally presented AI assistant—signed to appear legitimate—installs a Java backdoor, creates a scheduled task for persistence and sends telemetry; the report warns that AI tools can be abused by threat actors and urges organizations to assess nonstandard AI applications, enact security reviews, and raise AI security to leadership-level priorities.