Cybersecurity is a subject that’s on the mind of many these days. As more and more of our lives and information enter the digital realm, the more hackers, viruses and stolen information become ...

Early one Monday afternoon, Craig Schmugar, virus research manager at computer security firm Network Associates Inc., was at his desk taking a quick look at the programming inside a new computer worm ...

Believed to be the first virus released into the wild, the Elk Cloner reflected the camp spirit of the frontier days of computing in the early '80s. It was written by 15-year-old prankster Rich ...

A lot has changed in 40 years, since the first computer virus emerged in 1971 as a proof of concept on an early iteration of the Internet. From the sheer volume in the number of viruses, which grew ...

A computer virus is a type of malware that can replicate itself on your computer and spread to other devices. You might be infected with a virus if your computer suddenly starts running more slowly, ...