Saturday’s Slammer worm was based on sample code published to help explain the threat posed by the security vulnerability that Slammer exploited, according to David Litchfield, the security expert who ...

Anti-virus software companies are warning customers that new editions to the Bagle family of e-mail worms are spreading on the Internet, and depositing copies of the worm’s source code on computers ...

COMMENTARY--Worms and viruses often target specific vulnerabilities in common software. But what if the terms were reversed? Rather than attacking the vulnerability of software for malicious purposes, ...

COMMENTARY--You may have noticed some extra Internet traffic this morning. As I write this column on Monday afternoon, July 30, dire predictions are being made about the Code Red worm and what it will ...

BOSTON – Despite infecting tens of thousands of computers worldwide, the recent W32.Blaster worm is poorly written and inefficient, blunting its impact, according to security experts. However, future ...