Finally, in 1988 a Cornell computer science graduate released an infamous worm called the Morris Internet worm. It used known Unix backdoors to break into some 6,000 systems.

A new mass-mailing Internet worm appears to be attacking and jamming computers across North America. Similar to the Code Red worm that hit computers in August, the new worm is called Nimda.

It’s a new “infection” in computer systems around the world. This particular one is called the “Wanna Cry” (WannaCryptor) bug in which data is being encrypted by a hacker of hackers ...

A computer worm is a type of malware that, once it infects a machine, can automatically copy and extend itself to connected devices. A worm is very similar to a virus, and you can get infected by ...

Iran blames U.S., Israel for Stuxnet computer worm The Associated Press Published Saturday, April 16, 2011 4:19PM EDT ...