Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

After asking for help on social media, Bernardo Quintero has managed to locate the creator of the software that, besides infecting the university’s computers in the 1990s, sparked his passion for cybe ...

Antivirus software vendor Kaspersky is launching an international effort to try to crack the encryption used in a "blackmailer" virus that locks up data on a victim's computer. The company announced ...

If you think about the coronavirus, your mind probably goes to lockdowns, hospitals, and the strange new habits we've formed this year. But for some scientists, the virus is essentially nothing more ...

"What did you do this time, Samantha?" Those pesky computer viruses! Always causing chaos. But not like this, never like this! Eldritch Code is an excellent, nerdy, Lovecraftian short film made by ...

The malicious Code Red worm, which affected more than 280,000 systems earlier this month, is expected to begin propagating itself again on 1 August, and is likely to re-infect tens of thousands of ...

A computer virus is a form of malicious software that piggybacks onto legitimate application code in order to spread and reproduce itself. Like other types of malware, a virus is deployed by attackers ...

Ongoing coverage of COVID-19, and its impact on Seattle and the technology industry. See all of GeekWire’s special coverage. by Kurt Schlosser on Apr 17, 2020 at 6:35 am April 16, 2020 at 9:38 pm Code ...

A security firm reported on Wednesday that the source code of the Cabir mobile phone virus is now available online. This follows Tuesday's warning that a number of variants of the Cabir worm have been ...

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an unforgiving killer of horses, donkeys and zebras, resulting in mortality as high as 80 percent of infected animals. It causes rapid, catastrophic ...