Items tagged with virus

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EWeek Ads Infect Users Thanks to Adobe Flaw Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 14:23:08 - Anuradha Menon It’s hard to deny -- hackers love Adobe. Adobe has over the last several years claimed many of the top security vulnerabilities due to its rich... read more

Researchers Crack the Common Cold Code Friday, February 13th, 2009 - 12:19:48 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have begun to solve some of the mysteries of the common cold by putting together the pieces of the genetic codes for all the known strains... read more

Microsoft Puts $250,000 Bounty on Conficker Friday, February 13th, 2009 - 10:03:51 - Anuradha Menon Microsoft is trying to put some pressure on the criminals responsible for the worst Internet worm outbreak in years, offering a $250,000 reward for... read more

Parking Ticket Leads to a Virus Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 - 10:12:39 - Sarah Gingichashvili Hackers have discovered a new way of duping users onto fraudulent websites: fake parking tickets. Cars in the US had traffic violation tickets placed... read more

Conficker Spreads Through Valentine E-mail Friday, January 30th, 2009 - 18:23:04 - Anuradha Menon Security experts are tracking two computer worms that have infected millions of PCs and are creating botnets that can be awakened at any time. More... read more

Tiny Springboards Detect Viruses in Fluids Monday, January 19th, 2009 - 13:51:34 - Ehud Rattner Viruses can now be detected directly in fluids, thanks to microscopic diving boards that vibrate when the pathogenic particles stick to cellular... read more

Three Million Hit by Windows Worm Sunday, January 18th, 2009 - 11:58:28 - Ehud Rattner A new sleeper virus that could allow hackers to steal financial and personal information has now spread to more than eight million computers in what... read more

Researchers Find Powerful, Nanoscale Motors Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 - 16:22:49 - Iddo Genuth Peering at structures only atoms across, researchers have identified the clockwork that drives a powerful virus nanomotor. Because of the motor's... read more

Researching Viral Powerful 'Molecular Motor' Sunday, December 28th, 2008 - 13:48:26 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their... read more

Single Virus Used to Convert Adult Cells Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 14:23:56 - Ehud Rattner Whitehead Institute researchers have greatly simplified the creation of so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, cutting the number of viruses... read more

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