Microsoft Corp. last week issued a new patch for its Internet Information Server (IIS) software to address five newly discovered security holes, including one that can be exploited by the Code Red ...

When computer security historians look back at 2001, the emergence of the Nimda and Code Red worms will likely sit close to the top of their significant events lists. Both worms were heralded as ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Code Red worm emerged as one of the first internet-scale cybersecurity incidents, exploiting vulnerable Microsoft IIS servers and spreading rapidly across organizations ...

The "Code Red" computer worm began spreading to systems around the world yesterday, infecting tens of thousands of machines, clogging some Internet traffic and forcing the Pentagon to shut down select ...

Update on 7/17/26 — The Code Red alert has been upgraded to a Code Purple alert due to the thick smoke. Earlier: The wildfire smoke hanging over the region is expected to get worse on Friday, ...