The first full-stealth computer virus. In 1986, Brain was developed by Pakistani brothers Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, who were annoyed at having their heart monitoring software copied for free. Aimed ...

Although widespread virus outbreaks may be a thing of the past, the total amount of malicious software being written is on the rise, according to McAfee. On Tuesday, McAfee added the 200,000th ...

The human mind loves to categorize things, and malware is no exception. We here at CSO have done our part: our malware explainer breaks down malware based on how it spreads (self-propagating worms, ...

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SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, to better ...

If it’s the end of the month, it must be time for virus updates. Network Associates, Inc. and its McAfee business unit have posted the March 2001 virus definitions file for its anti-virus software ...

On May 4, 2000, users of Windows computers began receiving an email with a malicious attachment. Within just ten days, some fifty million infections were reported, and it has been estimated that as ...

US prosecutors Tuesday extradited a Romanian man from Colombia to the US over accusations that the man helped distribute the Gozi virus, one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in ...