{"id":1263,"date":"2025-01-11T07:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T07:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-html\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T07:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T07:17:39","slug":"ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/11\/ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85-html\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date.<br \/>\n&#8220;The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms,&#8221; Check Point Research said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. &#8220;<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2025\/01\/ai-driven-ransomware-funksec-targets-85.html\">Go to TheHackersNews<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. &#8220;The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thehackersnews","tag-thehackersnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}