A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures ...

The world hasn't heard too much about computer worms in recent years, at least not ones that go after the general populace and businesses. (Stuxnet, of course, was a worm targeted at industrial ...

The world has about two years to prepare for AI-powered cyber weapons capable of evading current security tools, a ...

Viruses and the other damaging software and dirty tricks that get lumped under the “malware” umbrella (malicious software intended to harm your computer) have been with us almost as long as ...

Led by a team from Cornell Tech comprised of Ben Nassi, Stav Cohen and Ron Bitton, the project is dubbed "Morris II" - referencing the notorious Morris computer worm that spread on internet in 1988.

Besides sending out tainted e-mail, the program appears to open up a backdoor so that hackers can take over the computer later. Symantec said the worm appeared to contain a program that logs ...

Computer History Museum exhibit featuring the original floppy disk used to distribute the Morris Worm computer virus. To be fair, the concept of a computer virus certainly warranted a bit of ...

One such tool is LitterDrifter, a computer worm written in Visual Basic Scripting language. LitterDrifter's primary functions include spreading from USB drive to USB drive and permanently ...