Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

Self-propagating worms are malicious computer programs, which, after being released, can spread throughout networks without human control, stealing or erasing hard drive data, interfering with ...

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 ...

Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Intel Corporation, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, ...

A computer scientist at Washington University in St. Louis has developed technology to stop malicious software – malware – such as viruses and worms long before it even has a chance to reach computers ...

At least one of several computer viruses that have been circulating the Internet in recent days hit high-profile media targets in the United States on Tuesday. CNN reported on air that its computer ...

A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices. A worm is very similar to a virus, and you can get infected by one ...

Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by UC Davis and Intel Corp. researchers, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, low-cost defenses against self-propagating ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The worldwide cost of the Code Red computer worms that were unleashed on the Internet in July and August has reached about $2.6 billion, an independent research firm said Friday. While ...

Network worms that shut down computers running Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system on Tuesday may be linked to competition between rival hackers, security experts said. Computers across the ...