Researchers at the University of Toronto showed how hackers could use artificial intelligence to create a program that could ...
Researchers at the University of Toronto say their project highlights the risk of open-weight AI models being weaponized. The ...
Researchers demonstrated an AI worm that adapts to targets, generates attack strategies, and spreads across networks without ...
An AI-driven worm using a local open-weight LLM autonomously exploited and replicated across 62% of a 33-host test network in ...
In the study, researchers created an AI-powered computer “worm” designed to attack and spread between devices—revealing a ...
A team of researchers have shown how a self-replicating AI agent can take over a computer network at almost no cost.
University of Toronto researchers demonstrate how open-weight local LLMs can be used to autonomously exploit flaws and ...
Once inside a computer network, the worm uses the processing power of the system for reasoning and then identifying its next ...
IT researchers tested whether AI makes malware a worse threat. A worm developed in the process is highly adaptable.
AI-powered computer worms herald ‘new era’ of cybersecurity threats - Worms with access to AI chatbots can adapt and gather ...