Like other malware, the worm known as Conficker or Downadup is a blended threat, relying upon a variety of attack vectors, which range from brute-force password guessing to hitching rides on USB ...

Leeches have evolved a strategy for hunting worms that is the ultimate death spiral.

Penn State University researchers have created technology they say can nab computer worms more quickly than traditional signature-based systems and speedily set free the traffic if it’s determined to ...

The worm, pegged as Mimail.C by most anti-virus vendors, was discovered just after midnight Friday, and is a variation of similar malicious code launched in August. That trend, one successful worm ...