This being the 40th anniversary of the Internet, Symantec, the manufacturer of computer-security software, has published a list of the top computer worms, viruses, trojan horses, and hoaxes in ...

A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new ...

Security researchers are tracking holiday attacks by the Storm Worm, a particularly insidious piece of computer malware that has been circulating around the world for about a year. Earlier this ...

The worm _ called "Mydoom,' "Novarg' or "WORM_MIMAIL.R' _ was replicating itself so quickly that some corporate networks were clogged with infected traffic within hours of its appearance Monday ...

Code Red is the most infamous computer worm since the first worm, created in 1988, which took down most of the fledgling Internet.

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Revenue's computer network fell victim to an Internet worm this week. The statewide system has been down since Monday morning but no confidential taxpayer data ...

USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?

A new computer worm, Sobig, is spreading on the Internet, according to alerts posted by a number of antivirus software companies. Sobig uses e-mail and shared network folders to infect machines ...

The Stuxnet computer worm used to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program was likely preceded by another sophisticated malware program called Fanny, which used some of the same exploits and spread ...

Computer security experts said yesterday that new appearances of "Bagle," the latest computer worm to circulate via the Internet, appear to be on the wane. Though early reports had some predicting ...