{
  "id": 17123,
  "title": "Copilot worm can spread through Microsoft Word docs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/copilot-worm-can-spread-through-microsoft-word-docs",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-31T01:20:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4203676/copilot-worm-can-spread-through-microsoft-word-docs-2.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An “AI worm” can spread through Microsoft Word documents using Copilot as a vector, a prominent Norwegian AI researcher reported on Tuesday. The report from Håkon Måløy , later confirmed by Microsoft, said that an attacker can conceal instructions in a document that is later used as source material for Copilot-generated or Copilot-edited Word documents, for example, as input to a financial…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Software",
        "title": "Microsoft faces competition probe over Copilot subscription price hike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/microsoft-faces-competition-probe-over-copilot-subscription-price-hike",
        "published": "2026-07-29T12:45:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Computerworld",
        "title": "Microsoft doubles down on multi-model AI as it builds a Copilot super app",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/microsoft-doubles-down-on-multi-model-ai-as-it-builds-a-copilot-super",
        "published": "2026-07-31T02:13:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}