An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A computer worm is a form of malware that, once it has infected a computer, continues to replicate itself on the infected computer as well as ...

For the past three years, a highly encrypted computer worm called Conficker has been spreading rapidly around the world. As many as 12 million computers have been infected with the self-updating worm, ...

You’d think keeping things secure would be easy, with artificial intelligence getting sharper every day. I mean, if it can crank out intricate code in no time, fending off cyber crooks should be a ...

Uncertainty surrounded the notorious computer worm Tuesday, the day before it was set to activate on potentially millions of machines. Yet computer professionals, including Gavin Manes, founder of ...

Computer worms are set to become a more deadly combination of virus writing and hacker exploits, according to security experts at Symantec. Code Red and Nimda marked the demise of socially engineered ...

VANCOUVER, B.C.--Worms that can crack into computer systems, take them over and continue spreading are quickly becoming the rage in underground circles, said hackers and security experts at the ...

In what is believed to be the first of its kind, a new nondestructive computer worm has been found that apparently can e-mail itself out in either English or Japanese, depending on the native language ...

As every year since 1988, 30 November marks International Information Security Day – or Computer Security Day – an initiative ...

Can malware kill? It can cause massive damages that on a dramatic day might lead you to say something like, “This %*^@# is killing me!” Computer viruses can also induce those feelings, because you ...

The silver anniversary of the first PC virus is approaching in January, but even after 25 years, no victory celebration is on the horizon. That first virus, distributed on a 5 1/4 floppy disk, was ...