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 ...

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.

The Melting Worm, known as Win32/Melting.worm, infects through Microsoft Outlook on Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT. It copies itself into a Windows directory as MeltingScreen.exe and remains in memory.

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 ...

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 ...

The deeper you look into a sample, the fuzzier the image becomes. A worm embryo or a piece of tissue may only be tens of microns thick, but the bending of light causes microscopy images to lose their ...