The difference between a virus and a worm is not semantic. A virus waits for a user to trigger it; a worm exploits ...

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- ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Toronto researchers demonstrated an AI-driven worm that exploited nearly three-quarters of a simulated corporate ...

Nicolas Papernot, a professor at the University of Toronto, at the university on June 1, 2026. Papernot led a team that demonstrated a way of building a dangerous computer 'worm' using artificial ...

AI-powered computer worms herald ‘new era’ of cybersecurity threats - Worms with access to AI chatbots can adapt and gather ...