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- ...

A computer worm is a type of malware whose primary function is to self-replicate and infect other computers while remaining active on infected systems. A computer worm duplicates itself to spread 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 ...

The first computer worm to eavesdrop on network traffic after it infects a computer has been discovered by security experts. The SDBot.UJ scans passing traffic on a network-linked machine for ...

A team of cybersecurity experts have shown how a self-replicating AI agent can take over a computer network at almost no cost. Reading time 3 minutes It’s a nightmare scenario that’s long haunted the ...

DETROIT -- A computer worm temporarily halted production at 13 of DaimlerChrysler AG's U.S. plants this week, but the company says the damage was minimal and it expects to make up the lost production.