Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead
Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.
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USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide
Read more: USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwideLitterDrifter’s means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?
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Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US
Read more: Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast USMultiple rats in Atlanta test positive for calamitous, rapidly spreading parasite.
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Good News Everyone: We Found a New Species of Roundworm That Can Infect Our Brains
Read more: Good News Everyone: We Found a New Species of Roundworm That Can Infect Our BrainsHere’s some extra material for your nightmares: In a case report out this week, a group of scientists say they’ve found a new species of roundworm that’s capable of infesting our brains—one that normally plagues snakes. The discovery was made when they…
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Call of Duty worm malware used to hack players exploits years-old bug
Read more: Call of Duty worm malware used to hack players exploits years-old bugFor around a month, hackers have been infecting players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a self-spreading malware, also known as a worm. To do that, the hackers are exploiting a bug that was reported to the game’s publisher five years ago, TechCrunch has learned. Someone on Twitter posted a screenshot showing the…
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Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malware
Read more: Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malwareHackers are infecting players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads automatically in online lobbies, according to two analyses of the malware. On June 26, a user on a Steam forum alerted other players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that hackers “attack using hacked lobbies,” and suggested running…
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These AI-Generated Images of Climate Change Make Me Uncomfortable
Read more: These AI-Generated Images of Climate Change Make Me UncomfortableIt’s getting harder to avoid AI-generated images and text—and harder to spot them in the first place—and that’s true even on Shutterstock, one of the world’s leading providers of stock photography. Last month, Shutterstock rolled out a tool for paying …
