Hackers are constantly switching up their tactics in order to avoid detection, and now it appears that they’ve resurrected a Windows worm to infect vulnerable PCs with other malware strains and ...

Top on that list, and accounting for over half of 2004's virus attacks, was the Netsky worm family, which so far has cranked out more than 30 variants. "2004 was the year of the Netsky," said ...

The findings underscore the importance of proactive control measures in containing worm spread and enhancing network resilience against malware attacks.

A parasitic nematode relies on a plant’s defense mechanism to invade and grow. H.schachtii targets sugar beets, cabbages, broccoli, and related plants. It enters their roots as a larva and burrows its ...

91;The trick in stopping a worm attack] is to suppress and contain the worm even before you know it is called 'Blaster,' " said Kent Elliott, CEO of San Mateo, Calif.-based ForeScout ...

A worm unleashed in the summer of 1999 that infected Microsoft Exchange mail servers. It replied to each incoming message with "Hi <sender name>! I received your email and will send you a reply ASAP.

Unlike a virus or worm, which can cause severe damage to databases, a denial of service attack interrupts network service for some period. A distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack can employ ...