Remember VoidLink, the cloud-targeting Linux malware? An AI agent wrote it

VoidLink, the newly spotted Linux malware that targets victims' clouds with 37 evil plugins, was generated "almost entirely by artificial intelligence" and likely developed by just one person, according to the research team that discovered the do-it-all implant.

Last week, Check Point Research published a report on the never-before-seen malware samples, originally discovered in December, and said it seemed to be an in-progress framework - not a fully production-ready tool - that originated from a Chinese-affiliated development environment.

It's designed to run in Linux-based cloud environments, and automatically scans for and detects AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba, and Tencent. 

Plus, it's packed with custom loaders, implants, rootkits, and numerous modules that provide attackers with a whole range of stealthy, operational-security capabilities, making it "far more advanced than typical Linux malware," Check Point said.

In a new analysis published Tuesday, the security shop said the malware was likely not ...