What happens when you use AI to create a self-replicating computer worm? A group of researchers did just that, developing a prototype AI-driven worm that could adapt and infect a network of Windows- ...

As a computer worm, the threat can self-replicate, hacking one WeChat account and then moving to another by targeting users through their friend lists. The attack can also hit both Android and iOS ...

A computer worm is a type of malware whose primary function is to self-replicate and infect other computers while remaining active on infected systems. A computer worm duplicates itself to spread to ...

A new study shows that computer malware powered by easily accessible artificial intelligence models is here—the research is a “wake-up call” to take cybersecurity risks from AI more seriously, one ...

University of Toronto researchers showed a free AI model compromising 62% of a 33-host network in seven days, with no attacker server needed Al is a long time tech writer with a penchant for all ...

AI-powered malware is a growing threat, but the extent of that threat was nebulous until researchers from the University of Toronto, Vector Institute, and CleverHans Lab presented a new PoC (proof of ...

Computer worms operating in tandem with free AI chatbots are a “new class of cyberthreat”, security experts have warned. Worms are a type of malware that self-replicate and spread across computer ...