In many ways, the cloud is the cyber version of the Trinity mushroom cloud. A cloud attack can fracture digital infrastructures, compromising sensitive information and disrupting business operations.

The enduring shorthand of the mushroom cloud has taken on different meanings over the decades, reflecting fantasies and fears as it boomed and bloomed across American culture, including, most ...

Footage of a "mushroom cloud" filmed at a beach near Florida went viral this week, leading to speculation that a "massive explosion" had occurred near the coast of the Sunshine State.

SALT LAKE CITY — A giant, impressive mushroom- or flower-shaped cloud glided over northern Utah on Thursday afternoon. While cumulonimbus clouds, often called thunderheads, might be fairly ...