Researchers at the University of Toronto say their project highlights the risk of open-weight AI models being weaponized. The worm was able to spread over a network with no human guidance.

An AI-driven worm using a local open-weight LLM autonomously exploited and replicated across 62% of a 33-host test network in ...

Researchers demonstrated an AI worm that adapts to targets, generates attack strategies, and spreads across networks without ...

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 team of researchers have shown how a self-replicating AI agent can take over a computer network at almost no cost.

Researchers demonstrate malware that adapts to targets, spreads autonomously and operates at near-zero cost to attackers.

Image courtesy by QUE.com Unveiling the Next Generation of Malware: AI-Powered Computer Worms In today’s digital battleground, ...

Once inside a computer network, the worm uses the processing power of the system for reasoning and then identifying its next ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto showed how hackers could use artificial intelligence to create a program that could target any known flaw in the world's computers.