Computer Virus

WATCH: TV News Was Terrified Of Computer Viruses In 1988

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Tech

Computer viruses are increasingly terrifying, with the capacity to destabilise entire nation states. But for some reason, they seemed much more ter...

Frankenstein Virus Could Build Itself From Safe Computer Code

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK Tech

A new form of computer virus which can build itself out of discarded pieces of benign computer code has been resented at a conference in Texas. The...

'Internet Doomsday' Fizzles As Most Users Remove Crippling Virus In Time

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Tech

It may have been called 'Internet Doomsday' - but the decision to switch off a temporary fix to a virus which could have thrown thousands offline appe...

Internet 'Doomsday' Feared As FBI Pulls Plug On Fraud Gang's Servers

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Tech

A virus which spread almost a year ago could cripple 20,000 UK computers on Monday, as the FBI switches off a fraud gang's servers which were commande...

Internet 'Doomsday' Could Kick Thousands Offline On 9 July

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Tech

A virus which spread almost a year ago could cripple 20,000 UK computers on Monday, experts have warned. The purpose of the virus was to change vic...

Flame Cyber Superweapon Creators Worked With Stuxnet Team, Researchers Find

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.08.2012 | UK Tech

Researchers have shown for the first time that the cyber 'super weapon' known as Flame was connected to the Stuxnet virus which targeted Iranian nucle...

Global Computer Virus Hides In Photos Of Gaddafi's Death

Melanie Hick | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK Tech

A global computer virus that hides in an email about Gaddafi's death has been detected by internet security firm Sophos. The malware was caught in its...