A computer virus is something we all strive to avoid because we understand the consequences and the amount of time and energy required to restore a computer to its original condition. In a recent poll ...

Most USB devices have a fundamental security weakness that can be exploited to infect computers with malware in a way that cannot easily be prevented or detected, security researchers found. The ...

According to researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the so-called WireLurker virus can infect your iPhone or iPad from a simple USB connection. Hundreds of thousands of users have been infected already, ...

Turning the stuxnet malware concept on its head is the Vaccine USB, a new portable product for Windows industrial-based systems that offers virus scan software via a USB drive.

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Not sure just how effective this will be, but you’ve got to admit that a portable anti-virus system can only be A Good Thing. This USB Virus Chaser, courtesy of Korean company Digiworks, is not the ...

The international space station's computer systems were infected by an unspecified virus this year, according to Kaspersky. The malware made its way into space on a removable device carried by Russian ...

Common USB malware relies on the autoplay mechanism to infect a PC. A new technique demonstrated at the Black Hat conference subverts the USB device's controller chip to create "a self-replicating USB ...

When your Windows-based PC becomes infected with an assload of virii and you have no clue how to recover, what do you do? You place an overseas order for DigiWorks’ USB Virus Chaser and pray for the ...

Behold, a video of the Newton Virus. Back in 2005, Troika, the British-based art collective that was behind the Heathrow Terminal 5 sculpture that some of you recently described as a “disco turd,” ...

[ Updated 1.10.11 ] New portable USB Virus Detector for industrial systems turns stuxnet on its ear, uses the same concept but for good. Also, Symantec researchers surmise that the stuxnet malware is ...

According to a report from The Indian Express, China-based hackers broke into the computer systems of India’s Eastern Naval Command, where India’s first nuclear submarine is undergoing trials. Using a ...