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 way on Wednesday -- April Fools' Day. That's when many of ...
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 ...
“Asked to identify the types of security attacks they expect to be most troubled by in three years time, viruses and worms (20 percent) still topped the list, followed by spyware (14 percent), ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), have received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software, known as malware.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- An e-mail worm that looks like a normal error message but actually contains a malicious program snarled computers around the world on Tuesday ...
Cyber attacks are becoming more common and targeted, according to study to be released today, and security experts warned that the trend is only going to increase. Tracking the security breaches of ...
Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet 37 years ago, changing the face ...
Virus attacks continue to plague businesses, and most of the solutions available rely on snapshots of the signatures of the bad code. Here, a Cryptzone exec outlines how techniques such as application ...
Knowing the difference between a worm and a virus can help boost a company's defenses against such malicious code threats. ZDNet Asia asked Symantec to give a lowdown on the common security threats ...
SEATTLE -- Investigators have arrested a juvenile in connection with the release of a variant of the "Blaster" computer worm, which crippled thousands of computers worldwide last month. It was the ...
New attacks attributed to China-based cyber espionage group Mustang Panda show that the threat actor switched to new strategies and malware called FDMTP and PTSOCKET to download payloads and steal ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite the initial dire warnings about this week's "Goner" worm, the economic pain from the virus should turn out to be minimal, an expert said Thursday. When Goner first appeared on ...