A scheduled denial-of-service attack against Microsoft Corp.’s main software update Web site didn’t materialize over the weekend, as computers infected with the W32.Blaster worm failed to find their ...

The Blaster worm – also known as MSBlast or LoveSAN – has spread rapidly since it was first noticed on Monday. It has infected an estimated 188,000 systems running Microsoft operating systems, ...

While computer users and network operators work to recover from the "Blaster" worm that has infected more than 250,000 computers worldwide, security experts are examining whether it has left a ...

Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minn., is likely to face 18 months to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a ...

Microsoft Corp. Windows users infected last week by the W32.Blaster worm might appreciate the attention of a new version of that worm that cleans corrupted systems, then installs a software patch to ...

A modified version of the W32.Blaster worm is on the loose, according to advisories from two security firms. But users whose machines are patched against the original Blaster should be protected ...

SEATTLE, Aug. 11 -- A Minnesota high school senior pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to unleashing a variant of the "Blaster" Internet worm, which crippled more than a million computers last ...

Jeffrey Lee Parson was barely 18 years old and dealing with some personal problems when he launched a variant of the Blaster worm that infected more than 48,000 computers worldwide. On Friday, a ...

The damage the "Blaster" worm caused this week was comparatively limited, computer experts say, and the story of its digital life is hardly different from thousands of other computer bugs released ...

Despite security companies deriding the “Blaster” worm as poorly written, the worm has managed to infect about 127,000 systems. At the end of the week, any systems still infected are expected to ...