AFP - The Conficker worm, believed to have burrowed into millions of computers around the world, has sent an encrypted data message to infected machines, according to a computer security firm.

AFP - Hackers are increasingly hiding viruses in bogus computer security software to trick people into installing treacherous programs on machines, Microsoft warned on Wednesday.

AFP - Cyber attacks pose an increasingly serious and costly threat to US government and commercial networks, a US general warned on Tuesday.