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37 years ago this week, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours — worm slithered out and sparked a new era in cybersecurity

This week in 1988, Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet. The wave of infections grew to 10% of the entire Internet within 24 hours, causing ...
Houston Chronicle

Code Red computer worm cost set at $2.6 billion

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.
Campus Safety Magazine

DHS Releases Computer Worm Detection Tool

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of a DHS-developed detection tool that can be used by the federal government, commercial vendors, state and local governments ...
seattlepi.com

Computer worm hits tax agency

OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Revenue's computer network fell victim to an Internet worm this week. The statewide system has been down since Monday morning but no confidential taxpayer data was ...
InfoWorld

MSN Messenger invaded by new worm

A new computer worm is using Microsoft’s MSN Messenger instant message network to spread on the Internet, according to antivirus software companies. Bropia.A was first spotted on Wednesday and spreads ...