TORONTO – Researchers at the University of Liverpool have created an “airborne” computer virus that can move through busy networks as easily as the common cold spreads between humans. The virus dubbed ...

In 2025, computer viruses are getting smarter! Hackers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create tricky emails that ...

Since the Flame computer virus was discovered earlier this week, much attention has been focused on the cleverness of this piece of malicious code. Some online security experts say the fact that Flame ...

A decision by a University of Calgary professor to teach students how to create computer viruses has raised the anger of groups dedicated to fighting malicious computer code. The course, called ...

You surely have some idea how a computer virus works, though you may not know the details. Somehow it weasels its way into your computer, and then the computer slows way down…or it starts making ...

NEW YORK — A Latvian computer code writer who admitted a role in spreading a virus to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, can return home after serving 20 months in prison ...

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 ...

Realizing that your computer is infected with a virus can be a heart-stopping moment, but there's no need to panic. Viruses or other malware can have a devastating effect on your PC, slowing its ...