Nobody needs Mythos or 0-days to build a chaos-causing computer worm – free open source models work just fine

A series of The Register stories highlights a sharp rise in AI-assisted and supply‑chain threats that lower the bar for large-scale exploitation. Researchers demonstrated that freely available open‑source models can be used to build a self‑spreading worm in an enterprise test network, showing attackers can cheaply operationalize known vulnerabilities at scale. Other items report active exploitation (Palo Alto VPN authentication‑bypass), an unpatched critical RCE in Gogs with an exploit module available, multiple exploit and 0‑day disclosure disputes (Microsoft), and ongoing supply‑chain and ex