A lot has changed in 40 years, since the first computer virus emerged in 1971 as a proof of concept on an early iteration of the Internet. From the sheer volume in the number of viruses, which grew ...

Researchers have developed a computer virus that can leverage the power of ChatGPT to first disguise itself by changing its own code — and then, in a particularly devious twist, spread by attaching ...

Believed to be the first virus released into the wild, the Elk Cloner reflected the camp spirit of the frontier days of computing in the early '80s. It was written by 15-year-old prankster Rich ...

Researchers have shown that a computer virus can use ChatGPT to rewrite its code to avoid detection, then write tailored emails that look like genuine replies, spreading itself in an email attachment.

What Is a Computer Virus? A computer virus is a program. Like other programs, it’s defined by what it does, and the big thing a virus does is replicate itself. The virus exists as a collection of ...

Researchers at Black Hat conference speculate that human and computer viruses could converge in the future and could interest bioterrorists Computer hackers could create malicious software that ...

Disagreements about what and how to name new worms and viruses have produced a confusing system in which antivirus companies often compete to be the first to name a new virus and in which the same ...

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the Code Red software "worm." This new form of virus first infects computers, and then, when it reaches critical mass, uses them to attack specific Web sites. So far, ...

Computer virus, according to Lexico, is "a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental ...