A destructive new worm that destroys antivirus software on infected computers was slowly spreading Wednesday. The Maldal.D worm, also known as ZaCker, was written and distributed Dec. 29, according to ...

The channel-only company says its new WormScout recognizes and suppresses worm activity at the network perimeter and barricades active worms within a network to stop future infection. "[The trick ...

At least 187 code packages made available through the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with a self-replicating worm that steals credentials from developers and publishes those secrets on ...

HELENA -- The latest Internet worm infected the computer system serving the state's largest agency Wednesday, crippling scores of machines in the Department of Public Health and Human Services. A ...

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A new computer worm, Sobig, is spreading on the Internet, according to alerts posted by a number of antivirus software companies. Sobig uses e-mail and shared network folders to infect machines ...

Antivirus companies Tuesday warned that a new version of the Sobig virus is rapidly spreading on the Internet, the latest in a string of Sobig computer worms to be released. The new worm, W32.Sobig.F, ...