SAN FRANCISCO -- The worldwide cost of the Code Red worms that crawled rampantly throughout the Internet in July and August has reached about $2.6 billion, an independent research firm said last week.

When computer security historians look back at 2001, the emergence of the Nimda and Code Red worms will likely sit close to the top of their significant events lists. Both worms were heralded as ...

Night owls who tried to log on to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District’s Web site early Wednesday were stymied by a faux hack job that turned out to be a computer virus, officials said.

LONDON -- The spread of the Code Red computer worm showed signs of peaking today, although security experts warned the Information Technology community not to drop its guard. "Basically, it's reaching ...

Public access to hundreds of Defense Department computer Web sites was restored yesterday, after protection was installed against the damaging "Code Red" computer worm, a Pentagon spokeswoman said.

The Pentagon temporarily blocked public access to its Web sites yesterday to make sure they are protected against a new computer threat known as the "Code Red" worm. "Most [Department of Defense] Web ...

Life was simple when we worried only about obvious, external threats. Now we feel exposed inside our borders, jumpy just opening snail mail. Call it a multitude of worries. This condition is all too ...