Tag: computer virus
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Wi-fi Computer Virus Goes ‘Airborne’ Like Common Cold
from RT.com: Researchers in Britain have shown for the first time how a computer virus can spread through Wi-Fi “as efficiently as the common cold spreads between humans.” The ‘Chameleon’ Wi-Fi AP-AP virus infiltrates dense networks and spreads at an alarming rate. Chameleon was designed by a team of researchers from the University of Liverpool,…
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Scientist With Implanted RFID Chip Gets Computer Virus
A You Tube video, “Scientist implanted with RFID Chip gets computer virus,” demonstrates vulnerability of RFID chips implanted under the skin and already utilized for monitoring potentially fatal conditions. “A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus. Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading,…
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RFID Chips Can Catch Computer Virus
It can sometimes be forgotten that computer viruses are not a Windows-only problem, but the recent announcement that RFID chips may be vulnerable to viral attack underscores the threat that malicious code can pose to all types of systems.
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‘Leap Second Bug’ Causes Glitches for Major Websites, Airlines
from datacenterknowledge.com: Computer problems with the Amadeus airline reservation system caused long lines and traveler delays at airports across Australia this weekend, as the outage wreaked havoc with the check-in systems used by Qantas and Virgin Australia. The outage appears to be related to the “Leap Second Bug” in which the addition of a single…
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Computer Viruses Could Cross Frontier Into Biological Realm, Researchers Say
from pcworld.com: Computer hackers could create malicious software that crosses the line from technology to biology, crafting viruses that could spread dangerous epidemics, researchers said at Black Hat Europe. “We are really on the border between the living and the not living,” said Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet’s Threat Research and Response Center, during…
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cyberwars: duqu virus strikes iran
Golemreza Jalali, head of Iran’s civil defense, concedes Iran is “…in the initial phase of fighting the Duqu virus,” according to a Sydney Morning Herald article (SMH). “Symantec, the computer security firm, which has led investigations into Stuxnet and Duqu, said the new virus seemed to be intended to gain remote access to computer systems.”…
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virus infects creech afb systems piloting attack drones overseas
An attack drone killed Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen, late last month. Now, computer systems at Creech AFB, NV, which run drone missions overseas, are infected with a virus, reports Danger Room article, “Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet”. “‘We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back,’ says a source familiar with…