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

A computer virus is a type of malware that can replicate itself on your computer and spread to other devices.

You’d think keeping things secure would be easy, with artificial intelligence getting sharper every day. I mean, if it can crank out intricate code in no time, fending off cyber crooks should be a ...

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 ...

Uncertainty surrounded the notorious computer worm Tuesday, the day before it was set to activate on potentially millions of machines. Yet computer professionals, including Gavin Manes, founder of ...

The Internet will mark an infamous anniversary on Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20. Considered the first major attack on the ‘Net, the Morris worm served as a wake-up call to the Internet ...

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 ...

Attacks on Internet Web servers by the Code Red worm were on the rise today, with officials noting at least 150,000 Web sites that had been infected since the digital deviant sprang into action late ...

A new viruslike attack struck computers, including some in Western New York, Tuesday, and its rapid spread threatened to slow down the Internet. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft warned that the ...

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 was ...

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. Its ...

BERLIN - A child porn offender in Germany turned himself in to police after mistaking an e-mail he received from a computer worm for an official warning that he was under investigation, authorities ...