A previously unknown malware framework called BambooToken, active since at least 2023, is now using the Message Queuing ...

Remember over a year ago when we reported on the ClickFix malware that uses fake CAPTCHA mechanisms to dupe unwitting victims ...

“Reddit is becoming post after post after post of people getting their computer infected via ClickFix,” independent ...

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Scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete, functioning viruses with genomes never seen before in nature — a breakthrough that could open new avenues for fighting drug-resistant ...

Researchers used artificial intelligence to create 16 new viruses capable of being reproduced in a lab to fight antibiotic resistant infections — but experts warn that the computer-made pathogens pose ...

The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation. For ...

Did we learn nothing from sci-fi? A study published in Science (via The New York Times) details how researchers used an AI model to design new viruses capable of infecting and reproducing inside ...

A lot of the AI work in biology has been focused on designing proteins. That’s partly because proteins do most of the business of life, catalyzing the interesting chemistry and structuring cells. So, ...

What if an artificial intelligence agent could behave like a malevolent computer worm? One researcher has seen it happen. In several recent experiments, Xudong Pan, a computer scientist at Fudan ...

In a typical year, scientists discover two or three viruses that have never been seen in people before. The number fluctuates, but the trend has been fairly steady since the 1960s. Most of these ...