New Windows malware lets four chatbots vote on its next move.
Cisco's security team published a Windows implant on Tuesday that asks four commercial chatbots what to do next. DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral and Gemini each cast a vote, and the most popular action wins. The code hunts passwords and crypto wallets, and Cisco has not seen it on a real victim.
Why it mattersMalware that chooses its own targets needs nobody sitting at a keyboard. The questions look ordinary to the model, so the defence has to start at the vendor.
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