A new and potentially more serious computer worm that tries to exploit the same security hole as the Code Red worm began circulating over the weekend, according to warnings issued by multiple research ...
The "Code Red" computer worm that infected hundreds of thousands of personal computers earlier this month is likely to begin spreading again tonight, as it prepares to launch attacks on select Web ...
The e-mail message, in Spanish or English, could read, ``Hi. How are you? I send you this file in order to seek advice. See you later. Thanks.'' Anyone receiving such a message shouldn't open the ...
Last week's media blitz surrounding the Code Red computer worm may have encouraged the development of a successor dubbed Code Red II. "People who do this kind of thing do it to get publicity," said ...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The Code Red computer worm that's been disrupting the Internet for weeks now resurfaced over the weekend in a mutated form that could be more destructive than its predecessor ...
More trouble may be coming Aug. 1 to corporate computer systems that still haven’t been properly patched to defend against the Code Red worm. In a warning issued Thursday, the CERT Coordination Center ...
WASHINGTON -- In an unprecedented show of force against an extremely virulent Internet attack, government and private officials today will implore worldwide organizations to protect themselves from ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The worldwide cost of the Code Red worms that crawled rampantly throughout the Internet in July and August has reached about $2.6 billion, an independent research firm said last week.
NPR's Emily Harris reports on the Code Red software "worm." This new form of virus first infects computers, and then, when it reaches critical mass, uses them to attack specific Web sites. So far, ...
The Code Red worm infected thousands of computers each hour today, with about 150,000 scanning the Internet for more victims, even as U.S. Web watchers said the worm's impact had been minimized. At ...
The "Code Red" worm, which has infected almost 150,000 Internet computers since hitting for the second time Tuesday night, couldn't have spread without a Microsoft ...
This week’s column is about the Code Red worm. First, however, I’d like to talk about microbes. Millions of these microscopic invaders attack major government figures every day. Do you realize whole ...