Last week’s Mydoom worm variant is the latest example of how some hackers are using search engines to spread worms, find easily exploitable targets and unearth vulnerability information for launching ...

Computers infected with the MyDoom virus Sunday launched a massive attack against the Web site of Unix software maker The SCO Group, cutting off access to the company’s Web site. The so-called ...

Dubbed MyDoom.as, MyDoom.au, or MyDoom.bb -- depending on the anti-virus vendor -- the worm is essentially the same as MyDoom.o, which debuted in July 2004. The biggest difference, said experts, is ...

Internet security companies said Monday that they discovered a new version of the MyDoom e-mail worm circulating on the Internet. The new version, MyDoom.C, is a modified copy of the virus that ...

The virus, dubbed "Mydoom" and "Novarg" by security experts, started its march late Monday and appeared to be spreading even faster on Tuesday, infecting one out of every nine e-mails, antivirus ...