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.
University of Toronto researchers built a worm powered by open-weight AI that adapts to its targets. Experts say it changes ...
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 ...
A team of researchers have shown how a self-replicating AI agent can take over a computer network at almost no cost.
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 ...
Image courtesy by QUE.com Unveiling the Next Generation of Malware: AI-Powered Computer Worms In today’s digital battleground, ...
University of Toronto researchers demonstrate how open-weight local LLMs can be used to autonomously exploit flaws and ...
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.