Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.

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- ...

New Delhi: In what can be a nightmare for cybersecurity experts, researchers in Canada have developed an AI-powered computer worm that can adapt to attack any online device. In a study, whose findings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts are warning about computer "worms" created with AI that can infect devices and harm users without restraint. University of ...

A new hybrid computer worm combines a range of tricks to attack web servers, desktop computers and computer networks. The worm has already infected hundreds of machines in the US and Asia. Although it ...

Penn State University researchers have created technology they say can nab computer worms more quickly than traditional signature-based systems and speedily set free the traffic if it’s determined to ...

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 ...

A new variant of the SoBig email worm has stormed computers around the globe to become the fastest spreading virus yet seen, say experts. The reason for SoBig.F’s virulence appears to be a combination ...

A new computer worm, Sobig, is spreading on the Internet, according to alerts posted by a number of antivirus software companies. Sobig uses e-mail and shared network folders to infect machines ...

The Stuxnet computer worm that was used to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program was likely preceded by another sophisticated malware program that used some of the same exploits and spread through USB ...

That’s actually good news, though, since more traditional computer worms, such as the 2017 WannaCry attack, were able to spread globally within hours. In contrast, the AI-powered worm “requires ...