CLOSEDQUORUM, the malware that asks four AI models what to do next
Brief
Cisco Talos finds CLOSEDQUORUM, malware that lets four commercial AI models vote on its next move, with no human operator required.
Cisco Talos found malware, dubbed CLOSEDQUORUM, that holds a vote before deciding what to steal from you. Four AI models vote on its next move, without any human interaction.
CLOSEDQUORUM is the first Windows malware they’ve seen that hands its tactical decisions to a panel of commercial AI models instead of a human operator. Once it lands on a machine, it doesn’t wait for instructions. It asks four different large language models what to do next, tallies their answers, and acts on whichever choice gets the most votes.
“CLOSEDQUORUM is, to our knowledge, the first publicly documented Windows implant to apply this model to tactical command and control (C2).