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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 human intervention and without touching a commercial AI service.
The preprint, posted to arXiv on
9 June 2026
From:
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) [The Hacker News]

New Shai-Hulud attack trojanizes 19 science-focused PyPI packages
Hackers compromised 19 packages on the PyPI, collectively downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, in a new Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack that delivered malware designed to steal developer secrets. [...]
9 June 2026
From:
Bill Toulas [BleepingComputer]

Hades PyPI Attack: 19 Packages Poisoned to Auto-Run Bun Credential Stealer
The Miasma supply chain campaign has sparked a fresh attack wave called Hades, this time involving 37 malicious wheel artifacts across 19 packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry, as the Mini Shai-Hulud-style attacks continue to be refined and splintered to target specific ecosystems.
"The compromised releases shipped a *-setup.pth file that attempts to execute automatically
9 June 2026
From:
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) [The Hacker News]


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