Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls
Researchers at Calif, a Palo Alto security company, say they used AI to build a worm that spreads through WeChat calls. It takes over an account while the phone is still ringing. It then uses that account to call the victim’s contacts and repeat the trick. Tencent, which owns WeChat, has confirmed the flaw and says it has fixed it. It says it has no reason to believe any users were affected.
Dustin Volz of The New York Times reported the attack on 8 September. Calif published its own write-up the same day and named the worm WeWorm. It calls it the first zero-click worm to spread through WeChat calls on both iOS and Android. There are no reports of anyone using it in a real attack. TNW has not tested the exploit, and Calif has withheld the technical details.
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