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 ...

Antivirus companies have long cautioned users against opening unexpected e-mail attachments or attachments sent by strangers, but thanks to a new e-mail worm spreading this week, antivirus companies ...

5 years on, 10 years on, 15, 20 - it looks like we'll still be writing about viruses... 11.06.99: A virus which has been described as being "bigger than Melissa" is currently rampaging through ...

Netsky-P, an email computer worm allegedly written by a German teenager, was the hardest-hitting virus of 2004, disrupting tens of thousands of businesses and homes worldwide, Web security firm Sophos ...

A series of arrests in Germany for alleged computer virus creation is likely to deter casual virus writers, but worms and variants continue and the most hardened computer criminals will probably be ...

Earlier this month, security researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) malware with self-spreading capabilities that targets Redis instances running on Internet-exposed Windows and Linux systems ...

In January 2010, a highly targeted, vendor-specific cyberattack was launched by those yet to be identified. The Stuxnet worm was highly sophisticated — perhaps the most sophisticated attack that is ...

A virus which appears to be very similar to the Code Red virus is presently attacking the Internet and is under investigation by anti-virus experts and the FBI. Information is still sketchy, There ...

HOUSTON – (Aug. 18, 2014) – Rice University scientists have won a race to find the crystal structure of the first virus known to infect the most abundant animal on Earth. The Rice labs of structural ...

Antivirus companies have long cautioned users against opening unexpected e-mail attachments or attachments sent by strangers, but because of a new e-mail worm spreading this week, antivirus companies ...