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 ...

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 ...

The hunt is on to find protections against the coming generation of adaptive AI worm malware in order to head off a global incident on the scale of other famous worm events, such as NotPetya, Stuxnet, ...

A new breed of computer worm could spread and multiply thanks to a software bug discovered in the latest version of AOL instant messenger (IM), according to a US-based team of researchers. The problem ...