Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.

Computer worms operating in tandem with free AI chatbots like ChatGPT are a “new class of cyberthreat”, security experts have warned. Worms are a type of malware that self-replicate and spread across ...

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The unstoppable computer virus may already have a name - Morris II. Unlike traditional malware, this generative AI worm doesn ...

There’s another kind of malicious software called a worm, and it’s easy to get worms and viruses mixed up, as they both replicate themselves. The difference is that a virus only runs when launched ...

Humans and other animals used to be the only ones who had to worry about contracting viruses. But in this digital, global and Internet-driven world, inanimate objects like computers are also at risk.

Thousands of internet servers have been infected by a new computer worm that links machines together to create a peer-to-peer attack network. The Linux.Slapper.Worm was first identified by anti-virus ...

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 ...