Researchers found malware that uses four different AI chatbots to run itself

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Looking ahead: Researchers at Cisco Talos have found a Windows malware tool that uses several large language models to help decide what to do on a compromised machine. Its discovery points to a still-limited but growing group of AI-enabled malware that is moving beyond code generation and phishing support. The finding also gives defenders an early look at how attackers may build more autonomous and resilient command-and-control systems.

The malware, called CLOSEDQUORUM, checks with DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral and Google Gemini before selecting its next action. It can continue operating if one of those services is unavailable because it can query the others. Cisco Talos said the tool has no built-in path for a human operator to issue commands once it is running.

Researchers said CLOSEDQUORUM is built to steal login credentials and cryptocurrency....

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