When we say that a PC or a phone has got a virus, is it the same as saying that it has a worm? No. Both are forms of malware but are very different from each other. Malware is a malicious software ...

The Conficker computer worm didn't turn out to be much of an April Fools' gag. The much-hyped malware didn't do catastrophic damage to the world's computers Wednesday as some had feared. However, ...

Researchers are warning that it's only a matter of time before AI-powered malware, such as the "worm" they created, is discovered in the wild. The team behind the new malware published a paper that is ...

A new computer worm tries to spread itself by e-mail by taking advantage of concerns over SARS. The worm is officially called I-Worm Coronex (Kaspersky). It is disguised as a bulletin on severe acute ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- 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.

An unprecendented international alert was issued yesterday over a fast-spreading, destructive computer "worm" that is set to infect hundreds of thousands of systems around the world tonight – and has ...

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 ...

Referred to by a host of names including "Kama Sutra", "Grew", and "Blackworm", the "malware" virus has bored into countless computers worldwide and is reportedly ...

A new computer worm is spreading fast in Hong Kong and the rest of the world, experts have warned. The government-funded Computer Emergency Response Team Co-ordination Centre yesterday issued a ...