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Florida's 'Worm Grunters' Collect Bait Worms By Inadvertently Imitating Mole Sounds
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Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practiced in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle one of his first thoughts was an observation ...
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Moles, not magic, make worm 'grunting' work
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts. Not because it's so early. It's the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin ...
The Raging Windows Worm has attacked over 8.9 Million Computers
Jan 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week the global internet community was hit by the Downadup worm also know as Conficker, or Kido. This worm is now using multiple ways of infecting computers, including USB sticks. If s ...
iPhone worm Rickrolls Australia
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhone users in Australia have been hit during the last few days with a worm called "ikee". The worm replaces the default wallpaper with a difficult to remove picture of British singer Rick ...
Modified iPhones Are Compromised By New Worm
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Several research security firms have reported a new worm attack against jail broken iPhones, dubbed "Ikee.B or "Duh", this worm searches for personal and banking information.
Help! How to avoid fast-moving computer worm
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Since early January, a worm that has been referred to by several names, including "Downadup," "Kido" and "Conficker," has been infecting millions of computers around the world. The worm exploits a previously discovered vulnerability ...
Sea worm thought to be extinct spotted off Spain
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A sea worm that uses a trunk to catch prey that was thought to be extinct has been rediscovered in the waters of the Atlantic off northwestern Spain, researchers said Monday.
Conficker Worm Prepares For A New Release On April 1
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The conficker worm created havoc last year when it infected over 10 million computers on a global scale. The unique design of the conficker worm allowed for this large scale attack to over ...
Researchers Study Factors that Regulate Vaccination Efficiency
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Using vaccination to induce a robust immune response has been an effective strategy for managing infectious diseases in humans and animals for more than a century. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
New homeland security tool to detect Conficker worm
Mar 30, 2009 |
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The US Department of Homeland Security released a tool on Monday to detect whether a computer is infected by the Conficker worm.
Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers
Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved by trying ...
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