Pakistan-Linked APT36 Floods Indian Govt Networks With AI-Made ‘Vibeware’

Bitdefender research reveals Pakistani group APT36 is using AI-generated vibeware and trusted cloud services like Google Sheets to target Indian officials.

A Pakistan-based hacking group is flooding Indian government networks with a new breed of disposable malware, marking a strange shift in the digital conflict between the two nations. This isn’t a story of high-tech genius, but rather a move toward what researchers at Bitdefender call Vibeware- a wave of mediocre, AI-generated code designed to overwhelm security systems by sheer volume.

According to Bitdefender’s latest research, shared exclusively with Hackread.com, the group behind the attacks, APT36 (or Transparent Tribe), has shifted from standard tools and is now using AI to rapidly develop software in niche programming languages like Nim, Zig, and Crystal to evade traditional antivirus scanners.

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