The Worm That Survived Multiple Apocalypses

The shells on which the scientists found the worm traces belonged to an ancestor of modern clams that thrived during the ...

Wipers from Russia’s most cut-throat hackers rain destruction on Ukraine

One of the world’s most ruthless and advanced hacking groups, the Russian state-controlled Sandworm, launched a series of ...

Google warns of new AI-powered malware families deployed in the wild

Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a major shift this year, with adversaries leveraging artificial ...
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A 480-million-year-old parasite still infects oysters today

Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive ...
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The Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet in 1988, causing millions in damage

Thirty-seven years ago this week, a Cornell graduate student accidentally brought the early Internet to its knees. Robert ...

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

Cornell graduate student Robert Tappan Morris unleashed his eponymous worm upon the Internet 37 years ago, changing the face ...