From Malware to Microbes
News on both kinds of viruses: the ones that attack our computers and the ones that affect our health.
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Quick takes: Nominations for CDC vaccine advisers, West Virginia Salmonella outbreak, 4 nations report polio
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting nominations for new members of its vaccine advisory committee after a federal judge determined that many existing members were improperly appointed. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices provides vaccine recommendations to…
Commentary
Analysis and perspective on the week’s news, from Mark Bishop.
The Dental Office and the Robot Burglar: How AI Hacking Tools Change the Odds for Small Business
A fictional 40-person dental practice shows how an AI hacking tool like ARTEX works, and why “we’re too small to be a target” is no longer true. The…
One Laptop, $6 Billion: What the Binance Heist Teaches the Rest of Us
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, says more than $6 billion was drained from its wallets in the biggest crypto theft ever recorded, and its first clue points…
A Hospital Diverted Ambulances and a Lab Lost Patient Records. Your Health Data Lives on Servers You Will Never See.
A cyberattack sent ambulances away from New Mexico’s only Level 1 trauma center, and Quest Diagnostics says patient records were accessed in a lab system most patients have…