Detecting agent worms hinges on whether the host should be calling model APIs
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-31
Matthew Green on agent worm detection: it depends on the inference provider and whether the machine should be making that traffic. A Windows machine talking to a known provider endpoint is hard to detect; a printer doing so would look unusual.
Related event: Matthew Green on Why AI Agent Worms Are Hard to Detect(2 posts)→
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