VOLTA, the infostealer that asks an AI which victims are worth the effort
Source: Security Affairs
At a glance
VOLTA is an AI-powered infostealer that steals personal data, then uses LLMs to assess victims’ value and rank targets for attackers. Cisco Talos has analyzed a new Windows infostealer called VOLTA, which calls itself VOLTA-AUTODOXER. It steals the usual data, then hands the loot to a large language model that ranks what the victim is worth. Ryan Fetterman laid it out in a Talos report , after the malware turned up through the CAIRN research effort. “There is a new idea in the cybercrime world — cast a wide net, steal everything, and let AI sort out the specifics. A new malware se…