News tagged with computer viruses
Low-tech tools take out phones in Silicon Valley
Apr 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this ...
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Study Links Photosynthesis Genes to Marine Virus Fitness
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent Northeastern University study has shown, for the first time, the effect of individual genes on the fitness of a marine species at the ecosystem level. Using his innovative computer simulation model, ...
New study describes risk of mobile phone virus attacks
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Traditional cell phones have been immune to viruses because they lack standardized operating systems. However, as smart phones rapidly increase in market share, viruses pose a serious threat to mobile communications.
UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.
In Brief: Computer virus shield mimics immune system
May 19, 2006 |
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Computer scientists in Britain are working on a means of protecting computers that acts in much the same way that the human body defeats viruses.
Once smartphones become truly common, so will the viruses that attack them
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Northeastern researchers say that it’s only a matter of time before computer viruses attack smartphones, like the Blackberry and iPhone, on a massive scale. But their study may also hold the ...
'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses
Dec 06, 2009 |
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A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new ...
Mobile-phone viruses on the rise
Nov 11, 2005 |
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There are now over 100 mobile-phone viruses in cyberspace, according to a Finnish computer group Friday.
Computer scientists set on winning the computer virus 'cold war'
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May 24, 2007 |
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First came the virus. Then came the antivirus software. Ever since, virus programmers have been escalating their technology, trying to stay one step ahead of the computer security engineers and vice versa.
Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will pose a serious threat
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite ...
'Chernobyl' virus author dodges prison
May 03, 2006 |
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A Russian college student convicted of creating the Chernobyl computer virus received a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday.
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