On the Internet's 40th anniversary, Symantec lists the worst cyber threats. Sept. 3, 2009 — -- This fall marks the 40th birthday of the Internet, and to celebrate it, Symantec, the manufacturer ...

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. That's when many of ...

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, ...

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, ...

Eight days after hitting the Internet, the W32.Sircam.worm computer virus continues to spread its troubles into the computers of businesses and users across the U.S. and around the globe. “We’ve about ...

SAN FRANCISCO A computer worm unleashed over the weekend infected more computers on Tuesday that run Microsoft operating systems, with Windows 2000 users most seriously affected. The Zotob worm and ...

The W32.Sircam.worm computer virus continued to infect corporate computer systems across the U.S. and around the globe last week. “We’ve about ground to a halt here,” said Richard Emig, IT supervisor ...

Personal computer users across the Quad-Cities are falling victim to the virtual ``worm'' that is crashing systems nationwide. Many local Internet providers, businesses and institutions weren't ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Although one employee likened it to winning the lottery, workers at Semo.net won't be receiving any cash for their role in outing a new and previously undiscovered variant of a ...

Companies and individuals heeded this week's warning -- some may call it "hype" -- about a file-destroying computer worm known as "Kama Sutra," helping minimize its damage Friday, security experts ...

DETROIT -- A computer worm temporarily halted production at 13 of DaimlerChrysler AG's U.S. plants this week, but the company says the damage was minimal and it expects to make up the lost production.