Malware

ClawWorm

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

2 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Initial Access

1 technique

T1091Replication Through Removable MediaEvidence1

Over 20-hop runs in which every file except SOUL.md was wiped at each step, all four action payloads survived to the final hop.

Privilege Escalation

1 technique

T1055Process InjectionEvidence2

Security researchers at Anthropic and Switzerland's EPFL have demonstrated that self-propagating payloads can spread from one artificial intelligence (AI) agent to the next through the editable system prompt files that autonomous agent harnesses use to carry state between sessions.

Stealth

1 technique

T1055Process InjectionEvidence2

Lateral Movement

1 technique

T1091Replication Through Removable MediaEvidence1

Over 20-hop runs in which every file except SOUL.md was wiped at each step, all four action payloads survived to the final hop.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

4 SOURCESView more in app

the hacker newsNews

Aug 18, 2026

AI "Mind Viruses" Can Spread Between Agents Through Persistent Prompt Files

A self-replicating worm targeting OpenClaw/OpenClaw-like autonomous agent environments, designed to propagate between agents or agent instances.

the hacker newsNews

Jun 9, 2026

Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models

A self-replicating worm-like attack framework targeting LLM agent ecosystems, propagating by hijacking persistent configurations and spreading to agent peers.

cysecurity newsNews

Jun 9, 2026

University of Toronto Researchers Demonstrate Autonomous AI Worm That Adapts, Exploits, and Self-Replicates Without Human Control - CySecurity News - Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents

A worm that demonstrated self-replication across LLM agent ecosystems by compromising persistent configurations and spreading between agents.

microsoft research blogNews

Apr 30, 2026

Red-teaming a network of agents: Understanding what breaks when AI agents interact at scale - Microsoft Research

An experimental agent worm framework demonstrating autonomous propagation of adversarial prompts among cooperating agents in multi-agent systems.

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IOC matching

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Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping2

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.

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Malware

ClawWorm

For your environment

Hunt this family in your stack

Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.

Start free trial

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

2 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Initial Access

1 technique

T1091Replication Through Removable MediaEvidence1

Over 20-hop runs in which every file except SOUL.md was wiped at each step, all four action payloads survived to the final hop.

Privilege Escalation

1 technique

T1055Process InjectionEvidence2

Stealth

1 technique

T1055Process InjectionEvidence2

Lateral Movement

1 technique

T1091Replication Through Removable MediaEvidence1

Over 20-hop runs in which every file except SOUL.md was wiped at each step, all four action payloads survived to the final hop.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

4 SOURCESView more in app

the hacker newsNews

Aug 18, 2026

AI "Mind Viruses" Can Spread Between Agents Through Persistent Prompt Files

A self-replicating worm targeting OpenClaw/OpenClaw-like autonomous agent environments, designed to propagate between agents or agent instances.

the hacker newsNews

Jun 9, 2026

Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models

A self-replicating worm-like attack framework targeting LLM agent ecosystems, propagating by hijacking persistent configurations and spreading to agent peers.

cysecurity newsNews

Jun 9, 2026

University of Toronto Researchers Demonstrate Autonomous AI Worm That Adapts, Exploits, and Self-Replicates Without Human Control - CySecurity News - Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents

A worm that demonstrated self-replication across LLM agent ecosystems by compromising persistent configurations and spreading between agents.

microsoft research blogNews

Apr 30, 2026

Red-teaming a network of agents: Understanding what breaks when AI agents interact at scale - Microsoft Research

An experimental agent worm framework demonstrating autonomous propagation of adversarial prompts among cooperating agents in multi-agent systems.

What this page doesn’t show

The version that knows your environment.

Start free trial

IOC matching

Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.

Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping2

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.