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Cyber crooks tarketing banks-social networks: Cisco

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An annual security report being released Tuesday by technology titan Cisco warns that banks and online social networks are prime targets for increasingly sophisticated cyber crooks.


Apple's iPhone

Modified iPhones Are Compromised By New Worm

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(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.


Why sex with a partner is better (w/ Video)

Why sex with a partner is better (w/ Video)

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- OK, it takes two for human reproduction, and now it seems that plants and animals that can rely on either a partner or go alone by self-fertilization give their offspring a better chance for ...


A motley collection of boneworms

A motley collection of boneworms (w/ Video)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist ...


Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft

Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft

Technology / Software

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (15) | comments 0

A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data.


Conficker Worm April 1 Release

Conficker Worm Prepares For A New Release On April 1

Technology / Software

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 39

(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 ...


Conficker worm hits hospital devices

Technology / Software

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 10

A computer worm that has alarmed security experts around the world has crawled into hundreds of medical devices at dozens of hospitals in the United States and other countries, according to technologists monitoring the threat.


Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms

Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ants colonize. Fish shoal. Flamingos flock and caribou herd. Earth is populated by inherently social beings. Even lowly worms seek out the benefits of companionship. New research at The Rockefeller ...


Ants vs. worms:  New computer security mimics nature

Ants vs. worms: New computer security mimics nature

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 2

In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defense modeled after one of nature's hardiest creatures -- the ant.


Low-cost strategy developed for curbing computer worms

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by researchers at University of California, Davis and Intel Corporation, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, low-cost defenses against self-propagating ...


Discovery in worms points to more targeted cancer treatment

Discovery in worms points to more targeted cancer treatment

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Queen's University have found a link between two genes involved in cancer formation in humans, by examining the genes in worms. The groundbreaking discovery provides a foundation for how tumor-forming ...


The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. ...


Worm provides clues about preventing damage caused by low-oxygen during stroke, heart attack

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neurobiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified pathways that allow microscopic worms to survive in a low-oxygen, or hypoxic, environment.


Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(AP) -- The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle - its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" ...


Scientists discover new species of crustacean on Lanzarote

Scientists discover new species of crustacean on Lanzarote

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

They gracefully swim through the complete darkness of submarine caves, constantly on the lookout for prey. Instead of eyes, predatory crustaceans of the class Remipedia rely on long antennae which search the li ...