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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Techbook Reveals the Story of the First Computer Worm Photo: Getty Images Robert Tappan Morris is no stranger. The man works as a ...

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 ...

This week in 1988, Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet. The wave of infections grew to 10% of the entire Internet within 24 hours, causing ...

Security researchers are tracking holiday attacks by the Storm Worm, a particularly insidious piece of computer malware that has been circulating around the world for about a year. Earlier this week, ...

The Stuxnet computer worm that was used to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program was likely preceded by another sophisticated malware program that used some of the same exploits and spread through USB ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of a DHS-developed detection tool that can be used by the federal government, commercial vendors, state and local governments ...

Researchers for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer giant said Tuesday that the new software wouldn't destroy threats such as the "Blaster" worm, which crippled more than a million computers last ...

A new variant of the SoBig email worm has stormed computers around the globe to become the fastest spreading virus yet seen, say experts. The reason for SoBig.F’s virulence appears to be a combination ...