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Experts Alarmed That AI Is Now Producing Functional Viruses

After scientists showed that AI can design a working virus, it's time to address the obvious: what if it's also used to make ...

Feds Suspiciously Revive the Name ‘Monkeypox’ After Dropping It in 2022

Years after scientists retired the term “monkeypox” for being inaccurate and stigmatizing, the federal government has started ...

Ransomware gang sought BBC reporter’s help in hacking media giant

Threat actors claiming to represent the Medusa ransomware gang tempted a BBC correspondent to become an insider threat by ...

Google: Brickstorm malware used to steal U.S. orgs' data for over a year

Suspected Chinese hackers have used the Brickstorm malware in long-term persistence espionage operations against U.S.
SecurityWeek

Chinese Hackers Lurked Nearly 400 Days in Networks With Stealthy BrickStorm Malware

Chinese cyberspies have managed to dwell in compromised networks for hundreds of days to obtain valuable information.
Nature

How a dangerous tick-borne virus sneaks into the brain

Protein on the surface of brain cells appears to play a key role in disease progression — plus, a bot explores what might have happened to research if the Trump’s teams funding cuts had happened 10 ...

Fastest-growing jobs that pay over $100K

Stacker ranked the top 50 fastest-growing jobs earning over $100,000 annually using 2024 data from the Bureau of Labor ...

AI just created a virus that kills bacteria—should we be scared?

Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly ...