virus
wannacry
Windows Malware WannaCry Delays Manufacturing of the Next iPhone Processor
The world’s largest chip supplier admitted that the attack that brought production to a halt was caused by unpatched Windows 7 systems.
Samantha Cole
8.7.18
viral therapy
A New Viral Therapy Eradicated The Most Untreatable Type of Breast Cancer in 90 Percent of Mice
Two major studies showed combing viruses with other types of therapies could be especially effective at treating immunotherapy resistant cancers in mice.
Daniel Oberhaus
1.3.18
Tedium
The Wildly Popular Christmas Game That Got Mistaken for Spyware
How 'Elf Bowling,' the incredibly popular viral game from 1999, became an early victim of what we might now call “fake news.”
Ernie Smith
12.26.17
malware
This Worm Virus Forced Windows Users to Watch 'Homestar Runner'
404 DooDoo Error.
Samantha Cole
7.17.17
Internet Insecurity
Hackers Linked to NotPetya Ransomware Decrypted a File for Us
The hackers successfully decrypted a file provided by Motherboard, but that does not necessarily mean victims will be able to get their files back.
Joseph Cox
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
7.5.17
danooct1
This Is What It Looks Like When You Get Hit with the NotPetya Ransomware
It's almost impossible to recover your files.
Ben Sullivan
6.30.17
ransomware
The World's First Ransomware Came on a Floppy Disk in 1989
We may think of ransomware as a modern invention, but the genius idea at the centre of it dates back more than two decades.
Joseph Cox
4.12.17
Internet Insecurity
Watch Journalists in the 90s Freak Out Over the Destructive ‘Michelangelo’ Virus That Wasn’t
Pheeeeew.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
3.7.17
brazil
Scientists Are Peeling Back the Layers of the Zika Virus
The more we know, the easier it will become to fight the virus.
Meredith Rutland Bauer
1.13.17
africa
Ebola Can Hide Out and Replicate In Your Lungs
The more we know, the better we get at fighting the virus.
Grennan Milliken
1.5.17
News
A Breakthrough in Zika Research Could Mean a Treatment for Pregnant Women
A newly-discovered antibody helped protect pregnant mice's fetuses.
Kaleigh Rogers
11.7.16
Drugs
Scientists Have Found a Possible Way to Protect Babies from Zika
A new study from Yale neuroscientists uncovered exactly how Zika attacks a developing brain.
Kaleigh Rogers
8.24.16
