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

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

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- ...

The Stuxnet computer worm that was used to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program was likely preceded by another sophisticated malware program that used some of the same exploits and spread through USB ...

A new variant of the SoBig email worm has stormed computers around the globe to become the fastest spreading virus yet seen, say experts. The reason for SoBig.F’s virulence appears to be a combination ...

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 ...

Can malware kill? It can cause massive damages that on a dramatic day might lead you to say something like, “This %*^@# is killing me!” Computer viruses can also induce those feelings, because you ...

A new hybrid computer worm combines a range of tricks to attack web servers, desktop computers and computer networks. The worm has already infected hundreds of machines in the US and Asia. Although it ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...