Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models

University of Toronto researchers have built and tested a proof-of-concept AI-driven computer worm that uses a locally hosted open-weight large language model to reason its way through a network, generate tailored attack strategies for each target it encounters, and replicate itself, all without...

Architecting Secure AI Agents: Perspectives on System-Level Defenses against Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks

AI agents, predominantly powered by large language models LLMs, are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection, in which malicious instructions embedded in untrusted data can trigger dangerous agent actions. This position paper discusses our vision for system-level defenses against indirect prompt...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-3320

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL subcomponent: Server: Security: Encryption. Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.16 and...