--- title: ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable... description: ESET's H1 2026 Threat Report highlights how attackers are adapting established techniques to new platforms and technologies. Key findings include nearly... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eset-tracks-rise-in-malicious-ai-skills-and-adaptable-malware-k2hplsxxe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware | daily.dev og:description: ESET's H1 2026 Threat Report highlights how attackers are adapting established techniques to new platforms and technologies. Key findings include nearly... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eset-tracks-rise-in-malicious-ai-skills-and-adaptable-malware-k2hplsxxe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/K2HplSXxe.png og:image:alt: ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ESET's H1 2026 Threat Report highlights how attackers are adapting established techniques to new platforms and technologies. Key findings include nearly 900,000 analyzed AI skills with thousands of malicious instances, the discovery of PromptSpy — the first Android malware using Google's Gemini AI to adapt its behavior across devices — and a more than doubling of ClickFix social engineering detections. QR code phishing (quishing) has reached record levels, and ransomware operators continue deploying EDR killers, with over 100 variants documented. Despite sustained ransomware activity, fewer victims are paying ransoms, suggesting improving defenses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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