A new worm that exploits a widespread vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system continued its spread today, making the outbreak the most serious since the appearance of the SQL ...

Government investigators yesterday arrested a Minnesota teenager on charges of unleashing a version of the "Blaster" worm that snarled Internet traffic and shut down computer systems from Maryland to ...

Jeffrey Lee Parson was barely 18 years old and dealing with some personal problems when he launched a variant of the Blaster worm that infected more than 48,000 computers worldwide. On Friday, a ...

BOSTON – A Minnesota teenager appeared in federal court in St. Paul Friday to face charges stemming from the release of a variant of the virulent W32.Blaster Internet worm that ravaged computer ...

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The FBI on Friday arrested Jeffrey Lee Parson for developing and releasing a variant of the "Blaster" virus over the Internet that infected thousands of computers this month. At ...

Two Internet viruses have seriously strained Georgetown’s computer network in the last two weeks. The two viruses, or “worms,” the W32.Blaster.Worm and W32.SoBig, surpassed the most recent security ...

Security experts today warned of the first self-propagating virus to take advantage of a widespread vulnerability reported last month in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating systems. Known by various ...

James Mahood did not battle the recent Blaster computer worm. He settled in at Baker residence hall equipped with the necessary anti-virus software and stayed clear of trouble. Other students are ...