Virus: WHO tracing 144 people

Up to 144 people who had been in contact with three people killed by a mysterious illness in southern Africa are being traced, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.

Phishers, Virus Writers Exploit Global Financial Crisis

Security experts and the federal government are warning that scam artists are leveraging public concern over the global financial crisis to steal sensitive financial data and spread malicious software.

Officials urge precaution as WNV season winds down

Dakota Brooks didn't think too much about being sick shortly after an early summer fishing venture.

Test Center ThreatWatch: Oct 10

BLOGS The Channel Wire October 10, 2008 As the Test Center tweaks its security test bed, there will be some interruptions in spam analysis.

Between the blood draw and the disaster

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series. DAVENPORT - With the primary benchmark on the quality of blood collected being safety, the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center takes the safety of ...

Arundel mosquitoes test positive for EEE

A pool of mosquitoes in Arundel has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

DARPA announces RFP for Math Challenge

Your defense spending dollars at work. Those wacky folks at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have put out a research request it calls Mathematical Challenges , to "dramatically revolutionize ...

Backdoor Virus Detected Sent via Fake Microsoft Security Update Email

Barracuda Networks Inc., provider in email and Web security appliances, announced that Barracuda Central, its 24x7 security operations center, detected a malicious "backdoor" virus distributed via a socially ...

To Open Wifi or Not To Open Wifi?

During our visit to the Virus Bulletin conference 2008 last week a man was arrested in Belgium for using someone else's unsecured Wifi connection to get on the Internet.

Structure Of Beneficial Virus Revealed By Researchers

The 3-D structure of the virus, known as Seneca Valley Virus-001, reveals that it is unlike any other known member of the Picornaviridae viral family, and confirms its recent designation as a separate genus ...