Fake Angry Birds Strikes Android Users With Malware
It's a trap! On Thursday, Sophos reported that a malware-packed fake version of Angry Birds Space had "been placed in unofficial Android app stores...
It's a trap! On Thursday, Sophos reported that a malware-packed fake version of Angry Birds Space had "been placed in unofficial Android app stores...
Ilana Ross | Posted 05.08.2012
My best friend Michaela and I didn't realize we were best friends until junior year when I rowed from Tangier to Spain to visit her, and save her from...
Nathan Wolfe | Posted 03.11.2012
Everyone recognizes the raw power that pandemics have to sweep through human populations and seemingly kill indiscriminately. Yet, given the importance of these events, large questions remain remarkably opaque.
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.23.2011
The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.29.2011
It sounds like the setup for a Hollywood thriller: scientists in a lab create a virus as contagious as the flu that kills half of those infected. We'r...
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.03.2011
You don't need to look far to find real examples of pandemics and their huge tolls. But some of the deadliest diseases wouldn't be considered the least bit exotic by Hollywood screenwriters or even average Angelenos.
Posted 10.31.2011
PRESS ASSOCIATION - Future cancer treatments could consist of genetically modified viruses that infect and destroy tumours, new research suggests. ...
Jamie Metzl | Posted 10.22.2011
China is one of the world's worst state perpetrators of cyber-espionage and malicious computer hacking.
Posted 10.08.2011
Bjork-o-philes, open your ears. The latest track off the Icelandic songstress's next album, Biophilia has arrived. "Virus," which consists of simpl...
Dr. Lynn C. Klotz | Posted 08.08.2011
Investigations of such deadly pathogens as SARS should be conducted only in highest-security BSL-4 labs, tucked away in remote locations where any accident can be quickly contained.
Larry Magid | Posted 08.03.2011
As Microsoft did a number of years ago, Apple needs to admit it has security issues and not only provide technology fixes but also education to help its customers understand that using a Mac, while nice, is not all worry-free.
Posted 07.27.2011
An unidentified virus affecting pregnant or recently pregnant women in South Korea has claimed a second fatality in just a few weeks. A 36-year-old...
Posted 07.20.2011
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Posted 06.11.2011
Becky Chambers While a lot of internet threats are rather over-hyped, there are some serious things to be cautious of when going online. Probably t...
Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, be cautious. If you are ever in doubt that an offer or product is not legitimate, do not click on it.
BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011
A booby-trapped e-mail that promises free sex movies is racking up victims around the world, warn security firms....
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011
Why did Terry Jones get media exposure? Media coverage is the oxygen that keeps these people alive and makes them seem to matter.
DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011
Anyone who's been reading the papers (or me) knows that the term 'mental illness' has now lost all meaning. As the psychiatric/pharmaceutical/healthca...
Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011
A world-renowned scientist has made a shocking discovery about heterosexuals who interact with homosexuals: shaking hands with a gay man can turn y...
Stewart Abercrombie Baker | Posted 05.25.2011
There are countless ways technology might enable attacks against us -- as shocking and unexpected at 9/11 had been. Some of those are so likely and so devastating that they haunt me still.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011
May 27, 2010 - Today's most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Human Computer Viruses: Mark Gasson, a British scientist, wa...
Jamil Zaki | Posted 05.25.2011
A dirty, but heroic protozoan might be able to revamp our hopes in climate reform. But first, let's talk about viruses and a very Y2K view of our own...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Technology has grown by such leaps and bounds since 1969 that it's hard to conceive how things were before we all had access to computers.
AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 05.25.2011
MINA, Saudi Arabia — Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011
With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and rese...
The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.13.2012