A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices. A worm is very similar to a virus, and you can get infected by one ...

On the Internet's 40th anniversary, Symantec lists the worst cyber threats. Sept. 3, 2009 — -- This fall marks the 40th birthday of the Internet, and to celebrate it, Symantec, the manufacturer ...

Computer worms are likely to become a more damaging combination of virus writing and hacker exploits, according to security experts at Symantec. "Nimda and Code Red have eliminated the need for human ...

Alex Chadwick talks with Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about a malicious worm attacking computers across the nation, forcing whole networks to reboot themselves over and ...

our ability to protect the Net. the heart of the Internet were affected Saturday by what experts are calling the worst worm since Code Red in 2001. A worm that attacks Microsoft's database software ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - In the already weird world of computer viruses, it's kind of fitting that we computer users could get a joke played on us come April first. You may have already heard of the ...

German authorities have arrested an 18-year-old suspected of creating the "Sasser" computer worm, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, an official said Saturday. The suspect, a ...

Computer worms have tried all sorts of ploys for tricking users into activating them, but the latest is particularly sneaky--it masquerades as a virus warning from Symantec, a well-known anti-virus ...

In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense, author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm. The SymbOS/Cabir worm indicates a totally new era of computer worms that ...

OLYMPIA — A computer worm that infected the state Revenue Department’s system caused some businesses to be charged twice for their taxes. The department has reversed 1,400 faulty transactions, Deputy ...

Network security company ISS is likely to face embarrassing questions from its customers following the discovery of new worm Saturday exploiting flaws in its software. The worm, dubbed witty.A, was ...