This being the 40th anniversary of the Internet, Symantec, the manufacturer of computer-security software, has published a list of the top computer worms, viruses, trojan horses, and hoaxes in ...

“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 ...

A new instant messaging worm dubbed “Bizex” is making the rounds, targeting ICQ users with invitations to visit a site that can install malicious code on the target computer. Russian anti ...

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.

The newly discovered Flame computer worm is quickly replacing 2010’s Stuxnet as the offensive cyber weapon of greatest notoriety, but digital combat veterans in the U.S. say it has been ...

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 ...

The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least 1 out of every 16 PCs worldwide, a security company said Wednesday, and may have managed to compromise as many ...

Collectively, different versions of the virus-like worm, alternately called "LovSan" or "Blaster," snarled corporate networks worldwide, inundating 1.2 million computers.

Roundworms harbor viruses, which could be responsible for these parasites' painful symptoms in humans, scientists theorize.

In both worms, the researchers saw viruses under a microscope — specifically, they saw a virus called BMRV1 in the former and OVRV1 in the latter.