TOKYO -- The computer virus behind travel agency JTB's potentially massive customer data leak was identified Thursday as PlugX, a component of previous attacks on defense-sector companies that is ...

You’ve heard the term, but what does it actually mean? Learn from our expert how these self-replicating programs sneak in, spread, and slow your system down, plus what you need to know to stay ahead.

The study of computer virus propagation models is central to understanding and mitigating digital epidemics that disrupt modern network infrastructures. Researchers have adopted a range of techniques, ...

The most dangerous computer virus now arrives on WhatsApp: just open a message and your mobile phone is infected. How? By exploiting the basic settings of the app, which by default automatically ...

You surely have some idea how a computer virus works, though you may not know the details. Somehow it weasels its way into your computer, and then the computer slows way down…or it starts making ...

The virus known as Zotob could exploit vulnerable company computer systems. Computer experts have warned companies not to be complacent about a new form of computer virus that has emerged. Known as ...

This is a demonstration of the I Love You Virus (known mostly as "ILOVEYOU"), which was recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the worst computer virus of all time, causing more damage ...