A new computer virus, first detected on Thursday, is already making its way around the globe, infecting computers at major corporations and government agencies as well as home users. A new virus ...

It may be a new year, but an old scam is making the rounds of online computer users. The FBI recently issued a warning about a computer scam that starts on the telephone: You get a call from someone ...

In the past ten years, cyber crime has evolved. Attacks have gone from electronic infections which were often unleashed by accident to carefully targeted attacks used not just by criminals but by ...

35 years ago, the first piece of malware to ever spread out in the wild came into existence. Dubbed “Elk Cloner” and created by a 15-year old programmer named Rich Skrenta, Elk Cloner was a boot ...

What began as a ninth-grade prank has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. Although over the next 25 years, Skrenta started the online news ...

The virus known as Zotob could exploit vulnerable company computer systems. Computer experts have warned companies not to be complacent about a new form of computer virus that has emerged. Known as ...

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 our computers are facing the kind of ...