NEWARK, N.J. -- The creator of the "Melissa" computer virus was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage by disrupting e-mail systems worldwide in ...

Starting with tiny molecular building blocks, researchers in Rockville have made a functioning virus in record time and with unprecedented precision, a significant step toward the goal of being able ...

NEWARK, N.J. -- The creator of the "Melissa" computer virus was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage by disrupting e-mail systems worldwide in ...

Police said the virus, dubbed Ganda, clogged thousands of computers worldwide last week, reproducing itself by sending out e-mail messages offering screen savers with names like "Spy pics" and "Go USA ...

An artificial virus capable of attacking superbug infections resistant to antibiotics has been bioengineered by researchers at University College London (UCL), National Physical Laboratory (NPL), ...

DALLAS - Scientists have built the polio virus from scratch in the laboratory, a sign that terrorists could make dangerous viruses from widely available genetic information. Guided by the published ...

An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and distribute the SpyEye computer virus has been extradited from Thailand to the U.S. to face criminal charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

It’s been four years since the COVID-19 virus first began to spread. The U.S. National Intelligence Council assessed that two theories on the virus’s origins are plausible: natural exposure to an ...