Malware includes viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and ransomware — they all work differently but tend to cause similar ...

Internet users are also threatened by so-called deepfakes. These are, for example, videos with well-known personalities, such ...

Ancient viral DNA in bacteria helps block new infections, offering a potential path to fight antibiotic resistance.

One careless download. One email attachment. That’s all it’s ever taken to bring billion-dollar systems crashing down. Over the years, computer viruses have transformed from mischievous experiments ...

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Thinking Machine,” a history of the A.I. giant Nvidia. He lives in Los Angeles. Oct. 10, 2025 How much do we have to fear from A.I., really? It’s a question I’ve been ...

Malicious TradingView ads spread from Meta to YouTube via hijacked accounts and fake videos Android users were targeted with Brokewell malware capable of stealing data and enabling remote access ...

Generally speaking, AI poisoning refers to the process of teaching an AI model wrong lessons on purpose. The goal is to ...

Despite its cute name, a USB 'Rubber Ducky' has the potential to load a hacker's malicious code onto your computer within seconds of being plugged in.

New York State Department of Health has confirmed the first locally acquired case of chikungunya in the United States in over six years. The case, reported in Nassau County on Long Island, is the ...

A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn’t been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ...

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, ...

Over the past year, some vaccine recommendations have changed. Respiratory virus season is upon the United States as the cold weather months set in, meaning cases of COVID-19, influenza and RSV are ...