As experts predicted, the Windows hole proved a tempting target for rogue programmers, who quickly developed more effective variants on a worm that surfaced over the weekend and by yesterday had ...

When Mark Taylor saw an error message flash up on his computer screen he feared it could be a dreaded worm virus. His laptop advised him to switch off the machine ...

AMSTERDAM — The maker of the Anna Kournikova e-mail worm that spread in February was sentenced today to 150 hours of community service or, if he chooses not to do the community service, to 75 days in ...

Two men, one in Morocco and one in Turkey, have been arrested over the unleashing of a computer worm that affected US firms earlier this month. Moroccan authorities detained Farid Essebar, 18, while ...