The latest ransomware attack is the type that could kill someone

The ransomware attacks spreading across at least 99 countries on Friday are the type of attack that could one day kill ...

This is what some of the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives

What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of ...
CNET

Thousands of Computer Viruses Are Created Every Day. Here’s How to Protect Your Computer From Cyberattacks

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...
Scientific American

Spaceflight supercharges viruses’ ability to infect bacteria

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve new traits that meet the challenges of every environment they inhabit, from ...
Phys.org

Recent pandemic viruses jumped to humans without prior adaptation, study finds

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a ...
Los Angeles Times

A virus without a vaccine or treatment is hitting California. What you need to know

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A respiratory virus that doesn’t have a vaccine or a specific treatment regimen is spreading in some parts of ...
SFGate

A virus that isn’t COVID or the flu is pummeling Northern California

If you notice that your office is emptying out, chances are it’s because a respiratory virus that few people have actually heard of is circulating throughout Northern California. Dr. Monica Gandhi, an ...
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Virus nukes scammer's hard drive

A fake PayPal refund scam call turns into a full-on counterattack when the scammer’s system gets hacked and hit with a hard-drive overwriting “virus.” But this video goes way beyond one meltdown: the ...
Charlotte Observer

International computer virus scam with Charlotte ties duped many, took in millions

A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam that mostly targeted elderly victims with fake online pop-up ads, federal ...
Science Daily

Giant virus discovery could rewrite the origin of complex life

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...
Phys.org

Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...