Computer hackers could create malicious software that crosses the line from technology to biology, crafting viruses that could spread dangerous epidemics, researchers said at Black Hat Europe.

Computer security technologists are racing to find ways to block ever-more complex computer worms and viruses that burrow into computers -- usually via e-mail -- and wreak havoc on network systems.

As a response to viruses and other malware, many software and operating system vendors have developed anti-virus or anti-malware software. These can scan and "clean" a computer of malicious code.

Like biological viruses, computer viruses also have a knack for spreading like wildfire. However, their modus operandi is to copy their codes copiously into other programs with one malicious goal ...

The study of computer virus propagation models is central to understanding and mitigating digital epidemics that disrupt modern network infrastructures. Researchers have adopted a range of ...

The computer virus turns 40 years old in 2011. What started as a small nuisance in 1971 has turned into a multi-billion dollar business for cybercriminals and cyber terrorists.

This early network also spawned the first computer virus. "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can," is the phrase that many users of ARPANET found unexpectedly popping up on their screens in 1971.

Two Internet viruses have seriously strained Georgetown’s computer network in the last two weeks. The two viruses, or “worms,” the W32.Blaster.Worm and W32.SoBig, surpassed the most recent security ...

This being the 40th anniversary of the Internet, Symantec, the manufacturer of computer-security software, has published a list of the top computer worms, viruses, trojan horses, and hoaxes in ...

The Portage County Sheriff's Office is warning of reports it has received of a "Microsoft virus" that cost two seniors a ...

Credit: GETTY IMAGES" /> Credit: GETTY IMAGES It's a jungle out there on the Internet. With countless viruses, applets, and attachments on the loose, you might say that the systems designed to protect ...

By the time the hour was up, Tranium managed around 530 different viruses, while Crypto NWO earned himself 732 detections across 199,508 files. His PC was so hampered that it took him an age to even ...