{"id":7054,"date":"2026-02-19T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:12:01","slug":"promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence\/","title":{"rendered":"PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#8217;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence.<br \/>\nThe malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,\u00a0Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#8217;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence.<br \/>\nThe malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google&#8217;s generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and achieves persistence. The malware has been codenamed PromptSpy by ESET. The malware is equipped to capture lockscreen data, block uninstallation efforts, gather device information, take screenshots,\u00a0Cybersecurity researchers&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/promptspy-android-malware-abuses-gemini-ai-to-automate-recent-apps-persistence\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}