The dreaded Code Red worm was fading from the spotlight Friday, as the pest found fewer Web servers to infect. After hogging headlines and fanning computer technicians' fears for several days, the ...

— -- The Code Red worm has infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide. Here are some basic facts computer users should know about it: Will my computer be affected by Code Red? The only ...

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 ...

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 ...

Campus-computing officials say that they’re still seeing daily evidence of two software worms that made their way across the Internet this summer -- “Code Red” and “Code Red II” -- although network ...

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 ...

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 ...

Campus-computing officials say they’re still seeing daily evidence of two software worms that made their way across the Internet this summer -- “Code Red” and “Code Red II” -- although network ...

Any farmer will tell you worms are good for the soil, but security researchers are now finding their digital namesakes may be good for security. In its monthly report released earlier this week, ...

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 ...

The Code Red worm made a quiet comeback Wednesday, with no signs yet of a predicted traffic surge that could affect the functioning of the Internet. As of 1 p.m. PDT Wednesday, Code Red had infected ...

The author of the malicious Code Red worm has been traced to a university in China, according to US officials. The chief technologist at the US General Accounting Office (GAO) told the bipartisan ...