A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp out the worm, referred to as Conficker or DownAdUP, and the US software colossus has placed a bounty of 250,000 dollars on the heads of ...

San Francisco: As in real warfare, even the most carefully aimed weapon in computer warfare leaves collateral damage. The Stuxnet worm was no different. The most striking aspect of the fast-spreading ...

It first emerged in September that Iran was battling a powerful computer worm known as Stuxnet, which has the ability to send centrifuges — used in nuclear fuel production — spinning out of control.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the computer worm that caused network havoc across America last week. Two men have been arrested in connection with the computer worm that caused network ...

A new virus has been doing the rounds in the last few days, masquerading as a security patch sent via email by Microsoft Corp. The email, in HTML format, looks as if it has indeed been sent by the ...

Don't be alarmed when your computer shuts down and reboots for no apparent reason, experts say. Your computer may be infected with the latest worm, named Sasser, which may be inconvenient but seems to ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A new "worm" software program that purports to rid computers of malicious viruses actually leaves the viruses intact and chews up files instead, security experts said Friday. The worm, ...

A worm attack disabled thousands of computers across the UAE yesterday and disrupted passenger services at Dubai International Airport for much of the day. Microsoft afterwards put out an alert on its ...