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Researchers at Black Hat conference speculate that human and computer viruses could converge in the future and could interest bioterrorists Computer hackers could create malicious software that ...

The "Navidad" computer virus arrived at Princeton last week, just in time for the Christmas season. Since then, the virus has infected at least seven University students' computers and has appeared in ...

Computer virus, according to Lexico, is "a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental ...

Believed to be the first virus released into the wild, the Elk Cloner reflected the camp spirit of the frontier days of computing in the early '80s. It was written by 15-year-old prankster Rich ...

If one has a computer that will not boot and one suspects that the hard drive is so corrupted by viruses, worms, etc that it can't start, how would one rid oneself of these in order to be able to boot ...

Computer hackers could create malicious software that crosses the line from technology to biology, crafting viruses that could spread dangerous epidemics, researchers said at Black Hat Europe. “We are ...

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