On January 19, 1986, the world became aware of what is widely regarded as the first major computer virus to spread globally: Brain. While earlier experimental self-replicating programs had existed, ...

Late one evening, UCLA graduate student Charley Kline sat in front of a refrigerator-sized computer and sent the message "lo" to a rack of computers operated by systems engineer Bill Duvall at the ...

Artist’s impression of computer bugs on a circuit board Any computer connected to the internet faces a daunting range of electronic threats. Perhaps the biggest single threat to any computer is the ...