Rappler's latest stories on viruses
Laptop filled with viruses including 'ILOVEYOU' sells for over $1.3 million
The laptop also includes 'Sobig' (2003), 'MyDoom' (2004), 'DarkTequila' (2013), 'BlackEnergy' (2015), and the most notorious of all, the 'WannaCry' (2017)
Monster X-ray laser offers glimpse into nano-world
The huge laser is like a camera and a microscope that will make it possible to see more tiny details and processes in the nano world than ever before
711 million email addresses exposed in 'Onliner' spambot scheme
The spambot can bypass spam filters with the end goal of delivering a data stealing virus to victims Find out how it works here
U.S. takedown of huge botnet will lead to temporary spam decline
Experts predict that the decline will be significant but expect it to rise again after some months
Singapore reports 41 locally transmitted Zika cases
UPDATED Out of the infected 36 are foreign laborers working at a construction site
Malware, phishing, cybersecurity: terms you need to know
Understanding the terms often associated with hackers and cybersecurity may come in handy against cybercrimes
How to protect your computer vs cyberattacks
The Commission on Elections data leak highlights the urgency of protecting your own system from hackers
WHO sounds Zika blood warning as Europe sees first pregnancy case
The mosquito borne virus spreads to 26 countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean and health authorities warn it could infect up to 4 million people on the continent and spread worldwide
British Ebola nurse now 'critically ill'
Pauline Cafferky is being treated for Ebola in the high level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital
Frankenvirus emerges from Siberia's frozen wasteland
Scientists warn climate change may awaken dangerous microscopic pathogens
Malaria vaccine gets regulatory nod
The vaccine has yet to pass a final World Health Organization WHO hurdle and may not become available before 2017
Britain launching global superbug fight
Britain is to lead a global effort to combat antibiotic resistant superbugs that threaten to knock medicine back into the dark ages
Unusual new penguin flu found in Antarctica
It remains unclear however whether the deadliest types could make it to Antarctica too and which animals or ecosystems allow the virus to survive
FAST FACTS: The MERS Coronavirus
The WHO reports that about 36% of all cases of MERS – which has already reached at least 25 countries – resulted in death
Giant, 30,000-year-old virus from permafrost is reborn
Wakening the long dormant virus serves as a warning that unknown pathogens entombed in frozen soil may be roused by global warming
First possible H7N9 human-to-human transfer reported
Development worrying should be closely watched; researchers stress the virus believed to jump from birds to people is still inadept at spreading among humans
Rabies outbreak jumps species in Taiwan
Taiwan health authorities have been battling to contain a rabies outbreak among so called ferret badgers with at least 18 cases confirmed so far
WHO holds off raising MERS alert level as Muslim hajj looms
In a statement following a session of the UN health agency s emergency committee the WHO said there was currently no reason to step up its level of alert
WHO calls for calm amid France virus scare
The coronavirus is a cousin of the virus that causes SARS
Second case of deadly SARS-like virus in France
The latest victim of nCoV EMC in France now shares a hospital room with the first victim
DOH ramps up monitoring vs mystery illness from Cambodia
Increased monitoring against the mystery illness affecting children in Cambodia are being put in place to prevent it from entering the Philippines
