I have been teaching information-security courses for over 15 years (“How to Write a Computer Virus, for College Credit,” January 16). Graduates of our program are considered to be among the top in ...

In my last column, I discussed how University of Calgary Professor John Aycock has been including a bit of virus writing in his course, “Computer Viruses and Malware.” I have been involved with the ...

Students at Sonoma State University learn how to create computer viruses, worms, and other malicious code in a controversial class taught by George Ledin, a professor of computer science. An article ...

How two Pakistani brothers and one piece of runaway code created the anti-virus industry. It was early 1987, and security expert Roger Thompson had just seen his first computer virus, in a programming ...

Chinese police have arrested eight people in connection with the release of a computer virus known as Panda Burning Incense, according to an official news report. Among those arrested was Li Jun, a 25 ...