--- title: Schneier on Security | daily.dev description: Researchers have prototyped an AI-powered internet worm that carries its own LLM and executes it on compromised machines. Bruce Schneier notes this is the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-eratbz74j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Schneier on Security | daily.dev og:description: Researchers have prototyped an AI-powered internet worm that carries its own LLM and executes it on compromised machines. Bruce Schneier notes this is the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-eratbz74j og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/erATBZ74J.png og:image:alt: Schneier on Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Schneier on Security **[Schneier on Security](https://daily.dev/sources/schneier)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Researchers have prototyped an AI-powered internet worm that carries its own LLM and executes it on compromised machines. Bruce Schneier notes this is the closest real-world implementation to John Brunner's 1975 fictional conception of a computer worm from 'The Shockwave Rider'. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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