Computer security experts warned today of the spread of a new, destructive worm that is similar to Code Red, which infected computers around the world last week. The new worm - dubbed by some ...

Security analysts warned that a new and potentially dangerous worm began circulating over the weekend, targeting the same Windows-based servers as the high-profile Code Red worm.

Last week's media blitz surrounding the Code Red computer worm may have encouraged thedevelopment of a successor dubbed Code Red II.

A malicious worm that exploits a vulnerability in the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has spread quickly over the Internet and targeted the official White House Web site.

The "Code Red" computer worm that infected hundreds of thousands of personal computers earlier this month is likely to begin spreading again tonight, as it prepares to launch attacks on select Web ...

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 ...

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 ...

Campus-computing officials say they’re still seeing daily evidence of two software worms that made their way across the Internet this summer -- “Code Red” and “Code Red II” -- although ...

Code Red II also leaves a ``backdoor'' open that a hacker can use to take over the infected computer. A worm is different from a virus because it can spread on its own.

Code Red also can send random files from an infected machine to everyone in the receiver's computer address book, disrupt Internet traffic and deface Web pages.

The government-funded Computer Emergency Response Team said the worm is predicted to start spreading again tomorrow at 5 p.m. PDT.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The Code Red computer worm that's been disrupting the Internet for weeks now resurfaced over the weekend in a mutated form that could be more destructive than its ...