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WeChat Zero-Click Worm Built by AI in Days: VoIP Bug Put Billion Accounts at Risk

techtimes.com · 4d

WeChat Zero-Click Worm Built by AI in Days: VoIP Bug Put Billion Accounts at Risk

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Across 14 sources · syndicated copies counted once

WeChat zero-click worm WeWorm, built by AI in roughly 10 days, exploited a VoIP memory corruption flaw to hijack accounts on over 1.4 billion iPhones and Android devices. Calif reported the bug to Tencent, which shipped patches and server-side mitigations before publication; no exploitation in the wild was reported.

First report: A.I. Models Built a Computer Worm That Could Rapidly Hack WeChat Accounts nytimes.com, 7d

The coverage

  1. Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls

    thenextweb.com · 4d

  2. Experts build WeChat worm able to spread across millions of iPhone and Android devices via phone calls

    techradar.com · 5d

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