News tagged with trojan horse
Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...
'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
Trojan horse for ovarian cancer -- nanoparticles turn immune system soldiers against tumor cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 15, 2009 |
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In a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor.
Small company working toward what could be a breakthrough: a drug that kills only cancer cells
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Maybe Hugh McTavish wasn't so tough after all. Seven years ago, doctors told McTavish he needed chemotherapy to treat his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. McTavish, then a 40-year-old patent attorney, was young and fit, so he asked ...
Hi-tech 'Trojan horse' can kill cancer cells: researchers
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Australian researchers are set to begin human trials of a tiny nano-cell that acts as a "Trojan horse" against cancer cells, a breakthrough they say may curb the need for debilitating chemotherapy.
