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- ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Revenue's computer network fell victim to an Internet worm this week. The statewide system has been down since Monday morning but no confidential taxpayer data was ...