Researchers at Tufts University have developed a way of coding secret messages n bacteria. The idea consists of genetically modifying certain types of bacteria so that they glow with a given color when activated with a certain chemical. The next step… more »

The world’s top banking malware baddy has been around for a few years but there is now a new version three on the prowl. The new version, analyzed by abuse.ch, is an upgrade based on Murofet / LICAT, which is able to embed an automatic C&C domain n… more »

Today, 54 years after the launch of Laika into space, I’d like to render a small homage to her through our blog. Laika was a stray dog picked up from the streets of Moscow. Now, all these years later, we know that she died within a few hours of blast o… more »

Mebromi has the honor of being the first malware identified in the wild (rather than in the laboratory) that is capable of infecting the BIOS and then surviving attempts to remove it from the PC by deleting files or even restoring the Master Boot Record… more »