Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
In cybersecurity, few words trigger more dread than ‘wormable’—a vulnerability that could be weaponized into a self-spreading worm. Now researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated ...
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The unstoppable computer virus may already have a name - Morris II. Unlike traditional malware, this generative AI worm doesn ...
Thousands of internet servers have been infected by a new computer worm that links machines together to create a peer-to-peer attack network. The Linux.Slapper.Worm was first identified by anti-virus ...
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 ...
University of Toronto researchers demonstrate how open-weight local LLMs can be used to autonomously exploit flaws and misconfigurations typical found in most enterprise networks, feeding off abused ...
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 ...
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 ...
The hunt is on to find protections against the coming generation of adaptive AI worm malware in order to head off a global incident on the scale of other famous worm events, such as NotPetya, Stuxnet, ...
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Experts are warning about computer "worms" created with AI that can infect devices and harm users without restraint. University of Toronto professor Nicolas Papernot joins with more.