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Malware asks four AIs before it acts

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The case Cisco Talos has detected, using its CAIRN framework, a Windows malware sample that does not carry its instructions inside. It asks for them outside. The thing queries DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral and Gemini to decide what it does next, with nobody giving it orders from a command-and-control ser…

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  1. 2026-10-07 08:26 · DEV Community — AI
    Malware asks four AIs before it acts

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