This week marks the first anniversary of the Nimda virus attack, an event that may have driven more corporate IT security changes during the past 12 months than the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks did.

The multiple ways in which the Nimda worm is able to propagate makes it that much harder to defend against than other recent worms and viruses, security analysts said. But corporations that apply the ...

A resurgence of the Nimda worm failed to materialize Friday, leaving unfulfilled warnings that several security companies made this week. The e-mail component of the worm, which sends infected ...

No customer systems were infected by the virus, and the risk of infection is low, a company spokesman said. "The risk is low, but we're taking this very seriously," he said. Nimda became an unwelcome ...

After trying to erase the latest computer virus for two days, Sharique Ansari was ready for drastic measures. "What I'd like to do is pull the plug on the outside world -- but unfortunately I can't do ...

We all remember where we were and what we were doing on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. It is as galvanized in our consciousness as our parents’ and our grandparents’ memories of Dec. 7, 1941. These ...

At Target Range Elementary School, the school librarian has had to check out books without the use of a computer for almost two weeks now. By handwriting, she's matched code numbers on student library ...

Students who expected to access their course reserve materials electronically last week discovered that, even in the age of the Internet, paper is still the most reliable print medium. The Electronic ...

When Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison’s chief information officer, Martin Metz, left the San Francisco firm to start his own company in August 1999, Brobeck had a hard time filling his shoes. Metz knew ...

In response, it plans to announce the expansion of Trend Micro Enterprise Protection Strategy, designed to assist in the management of outbreaks across multiple points of the corporate network. The ...

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 ...